I have all three: the Read, Stone and Ross in my reference library. I feel that multiple references are important, however, if I had to pick one, I would select Stone since that is the more recent. I believe Read has another book dealing with 20th century notation, however, I don't currently have that one. I think it is still older than the Stone book.
Nick Raspa NJR Music Enterprises In a message dated 4/29/04 1:11:45 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << On 4/29/04 9:53 AM, Taris L Flashpaw wrote: > I'm just wondering what the list's opinion of Gardner Read's "Music > Notation: A Manual of Modern Practice" is. I'm thinking of acquiring it for > myself and I'd like to get some opinions from people I trust instead of a > bookseller's website. Gardner Read's book is great. However, it is #2 in my order of reference, to Kurt Stone's "Music Notation in the Twentieth Century." If you don't have it yet, I'd advise getting Stone first. And of course, Ted Ross's "Teach Yourself The Art of Music Engraving & Processing" is indispensable as well, but more as a manual to re-read every now and again than as a constant reference. However, in the interest of preventing list warfare (I know many have strong feelings about engraving references), I'll add the disclaimer that "all statements in this post are the opinion of the author." -- Brad Beyenhof [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
