On Sep 12, 2004, at 5:00 AM, dhbailey wrote:
Good examples to try to learn from:
Liszt reductions of Beethoven symphonies for piano-4-hands.
various choral books for Handel's Messiah, compared to the full orchestral score.
In the band world often the only conductor's part is a piano reduction, especially for older works which are transcriptions of orchestral works. The Carl Fischer (publisher) version of Brahms' Academic Festival, transcribed for band, is one such work. The Boosey&Hawkes band version of Vaughn-Williams' Sine Nomine, arranged by Bruce Houseknecht, is another.
Every opera in the standard repertoire is readily available in piano reduction, and that includes the non-vocal numbers of the opera (overtures, interludes, etc.). That gives you a very wide range of orchestral styles to pick from -- Mozart, Rossini, Offenbach, Wagner, Strauss, etc.
mdl
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