Xref: utzoo rec.music.classical:21682 comp.music:3176 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dtate From: dtate@unix.cis.pitt.edu (David M Tate) Newsgroups: rec.music.classical,comp.music Subject: Re: Books on Music Notation (summary of responses) Message-ID: <120134@unix.cis.pitt.edu> Date: 25 Apr 91 18:05:46 GMT References: Organization: University of Pittsburgh Lines: 24 In article EDWARD.STAUFF@OFFICE.WANG.COM (Edward L. Stauff) writes: > >Read, Gardner "Music Notation : A Manual of Modern Practice", 2nd ed. >London : Gollancz, 1974; 3rd ed. 1971; ISBN 0-8008-5453-5. $15 (paper) >from Taplinger. Is anyone out there familiar with Mr. Read's compositions? I had the opportunity to sing in the World Premiere of his setting of the famous "love" passage from Corinthians ("Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels, and have not love, I am become as sounding brass..."), for chorus and organ. After some initial antipathy, I found it to be an exciting and intricate work, with marvelous subtlety and use of choral technique. Unfortunately, this is the only work of his I know. (While I'm at it, another Cornell connection: any comments about the works of Steven Stuckey, Cornell composer-in-residence? I *loved* his "Drop, Drop Slow Tear" setting/reinterpretation of the old Orlando Gibbons song... he's also written some excellent anthems for church choir.) -- David M. Tate | "Your telegram has been sent, sir. You should be dtate@unix.cis.pitt.edu | receiving it in about an hour. We've sent your Motto: | bags ahead to your hotel. Where will you be Gramen artificiosum odi | staying?" --Firesign Theater.