Introducing Orchestral Music Online

The Robinson Music Library announces a new online resource — Orchestral Music Online.

Orchestral Music Online is the digitized version of a well-known reference book by David Daniels, Orchestral Music: A Handout (Scarecrow Press, 2005).

Orchestral Music Online describes over 6700 orchestral works by 900 composers, including

• instrumentation (including chorus type and soloists)
• duration of individual movements
• titles of individual movements
• biographical information on the composer
• links from individual works to music publishers and other resources

This is an excellent tool for the following questions:

• What are the voice/choral requirements for Steve Reich’s Tehillim?
• What is the name of the second movement in Tchaikovsky’s 2nd symphony?
• How many flutes are required in Rameau’s overture to Zais?
• Determine the length of a concert based on the orchestra repertoire performed.

Orchestral Music Online can be access from any Case-networked computer or from off-campus using the VPN Client.