Product Description
From this concise textbook, a student may learn, step by step, how to prepare any kind of music manuscript; composers and copyists can use it for reference. Mender includes a large section on contemporary music, both classical and popular; a section on cueing; abundant illustrations; and an extensive index. The book is divided into sections on material and equipment; notation; general preparation; cueing; instruments (special notation and preparation); contemporary music ("serious" and popular); proofreading by way of counting measures; and duplication of manuscripts. The appendix excerpts music manuscripts and comments by several contemporary composers.
About the Author
Mona Mender (B.A., Mount Holyoke), a teacher of piano and music theory, studied piano and composition in New York City and continued her music studies at Montclair State College (music therapy) and the Juilliard School (preparation of music manuscripts). Formerly state chairman of education and of the docent program for the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra League and past chairman of the Board of Regents of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and of the governing committees of the Young Artists Auditions and Education.
