A Transcription for Band of Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait From the Orchestral Score
Description:
The problem of this study was to make a transcription of Lincoln Portrait for symphonic band. There is a drastic need for music of a better quality and music by modern composers for symphonic band.The problems of this study concern the following major phases: first, the instrumentation of the work;second an analysis from the point of view of the problem; third, a band transcription of Lincoln Portrait for symphonic band.
Date:
June 1949
Creator:
Williams, Johnnie N.