Books & Music
NEW: Catalogue of the Works of Berlioz, 2nd edition, digital, with Jonathan Minnick (August 2018): HERE.
Catalogue 2E TP.pdf
Writing About Music, 3rd edition (University of California Press, 2014)
Where do you place the hyphen in "Beethoven" if it breaks between two lines? How do you cite John Coltrane’s album A Love Supreme? Is it "premiere" or "première"? The answers and much more can be found in this definitive resource for authors, students, editors, concert producers—anyone who deals with music in print. Extending the principles devised for the classical repertoires, this revised and expanded edition now includes examples from world music, rock, jazz, popular music, and cinema. This essential volume covers some of the thorniest issues of musical discourse: how to go about describing musical works and procedures in prose, the rules for citations in notes and bibliography, and proper preparation of such materials as musical examples, tables, and illustrations. One section discusses program notes, while others explain the requirements for submitting manuscripts and electronic files, and outline best practices for student writers. An appendix lists common problem words. Updates include greatly simplified citations of Internet locators, the recognition of multiple platforms, and the expectation of paperless transmission and storage of work. Cited as the authority by The Chicago Manual of Style, this classic handbook is the go-to source for anyone writing about music.
The Orchestra: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2012)
In this Very Short Introduction, D. Kern Holoman considers the structure, roots, and day-to-day functioning of the modern philharmonic society. He explores topics ranging from the life of a musician in a modern orchestra, the recent wave of new hall construction from Berlin to Birmingham, threats of bankruptcies and strikes, and the eyebrow-raising salaries of conductors and general managers. At the heart of the book lies a troubling pair of questions: Can such a seemingly anachronistic organization long survive? Does the symphony matter in contemporary culture? Holoman responds to both with a resounding yes. He shows that the orchestra remains a potent political and social force, a cultural diplomat par excellence. It has adapted well to the digital revolution, and it continues to be seen as an essential element of civic pride. In a time of upheaval in how classical music is created, heard, distributed, and evaluated, the orchestra has managed to retain its historic role as a meeting place of intellectual currents, an ongoing forum for public enlightenment.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Charles Munch (Oxford University Press, 2012; paperback 2015)
A first full biography of this giant of twentieth-century music, tracing his dramatic survival in occupied Paris, his triumphant arrival at the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and his later years, when he was a leading cultural figure in the United States, a man known and admired by Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy. He turned to conducting only in middle age, after two decades as a violinist and concertmaster, a background which gave him special insight into the relationship between conductor and orchestra. At the podium, his bond with his musicians unleashed something in them and in himself. "A certain magic took wing that amounts to the very essence of music in concert, as if public performance loosed the facets of character and artistry and poetry otherwise muffled by his timidity and simple disinclination to say much."
The Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, 1828 - 1967 (University of California Press, 2004)
This is the story of one of the world's great philharmonic societies, told by a distinguished conductor and writer whose command of the subject is nothing short of virtuosic. Established in 1828 with roots stretching back to the 1790s, the Société des Concerts du Conservatoire reflected and in many ways encapsulated the development of French culture, and of Western music, in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. D. Kern Holoman describes how in the 1820s and 1830s the potent forces of democracy, exclusivity, and revolutionary fervor that collided in and around the Conservatoire forged and then tempered an organization as flexible as it was strong.
In elegant and spirited prose, accompanied by illustrations and a website with copious further documentation, Holoman chronicles the life of the Société, from its day-to-day operations to its role in creating the canon of orchestral concert music in our culture. A testament to the Société's power and importance, his book is itself a significant contribution to the history of Western music.
Appendices to accompany The Société des Concerts (1828–1967)
Books by D. Kern Holoman
last updated: 27 July 2018
Reviews of these works cited in Full Academic Biography, Series 2: Publications & Research.
The Creative Process in the Autograph Musical Documents of Hector Berlioz, c. 1818– 1840. Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1980.
Musicology in the 1980s: Methods, Goals, Opportunities. Ed. DKH with Claude Palisca. New York: Da Capo Press, 1982. ISBN 0306761882.
Catalogue of the Works of Hector Berlioz. New Berlioz Edition, vol. 25. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1987.
Writing About Music: A Style Sheet from the Editors of 19th-Century Music. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988. ISBN 0520063821.
Berlioz. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1989. ISBN 0674067789.
Evenings with the Orchestra: A Norton Companion for Concertgoers. New York: W. W. Norton, 1992. ISBN 0393029360.
Masterworks: A Musical Discovery. Upper Saddle River N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1998. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River NJ: Prentice Hall, 2001. Subsequent repackagings through 2010. Converted to e-book available to students registered in Music 10, UC-Davis, 2010.
The Nineteenth-Century Symphony. Ed. DKH. New York: Schirmer Books, 1997. ISBN 002871105X.
The Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, 1828–1967. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004. ISBN 0520236645.
L'Orchestre de Paris: de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire à l'Orchestre de Paris, 1828–2008. Ed. Cécile Reynaud, with Catherine Massip and DKH. Paris: Éditions du Patrimoine / Centre des Monuments Nationaux, 2007. ISBN 9782858229499.
Writing About Music: A Style Sheet. 2nd ed. University of California Press, 2008. ISBN 9780520256187.
Charles Munch. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. ISBN 9780199772704.
The Orchestra: A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. ISBN 9780199760282
Writing About Music: A Style Sheet. 3rd ed. University of California Press, 2014. ISBN 9780520281530.
Catalogue of the Works of Berlioz, 2nd edition, digital, with Jonathan Minnick (August 2018): HERE.
Scholarly Edition:
Hector Berlioz. Roméo et Juliette, ed. DKH. New Berlioz Edition, vol. 18. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1990 [appeared 1991]. Study score / Urtext of the above: Bärenreiter TP 334 (1990). Vocal Score, ed. Eike Wernhard: Bärenreiter BA 5458a. (1995).
See also:
Hector Berlioz. A Critical Study of Beethoven's Nine Symphonies. Introduction by DKH. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2000. ISBN 0252069420.
Catherine Massip, Cécile Reynaud, et al. Berlioz: La Voix du romantisme. Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 2003. ISBN 2717722289.
Pierre Citron, Cécile Reynaud, et al, Dictionnaire Berlioz. Paris: Fayard, 2003. ISBN 2213615284.
Donna Di Grazia, ed. Nineteenth-Century Choral Music. Routledge Studies in Musical Genres. New York: Taylor and Francis, 2012. ISBN 9780415988520.
Music Editions
1995 — Berlioz: Chant du 9 Thermidor, ed. DKH, first edn. of a manuscript score newly identified in Geneva; first performed 3 March 1985 by the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra with Jeffrey Thomas, tenor. Included in the bicentennial edition of 1989, just below.
1985 SCORE make-ready | 1985 PARTS make-ready | 1989 SCORE bicentennial set | 1989 PARTS bicentennial set
1989 — Music to Commemorate the Bicentennial of the Republic of France. Eight works for band and orchestra in score and parts. Most are first publications or first modern publications. Davis and San Francisco: The UCD Symphony and the Consulate of the Republic of France, 1989. An official project of the American Committee on the French Bicentennial. Contents: Rouget de Lisle, arr. John Philip Sousa: The Marseillaise; Gossec: Marche lugubre; Catel: Marche militaire; Méhul: Chant du départ (ed. with M. Elizabeth C. Bartlet); Rouget de Lisle, arr. Pierre Monteux: La Marseillaise; Rouget de Lisle, arr. Berlioz: Hymne des Marseillais; Rouget de Lisle, arr. Berlioz: Chant du neuf Thermidor; Berlioz: Marche pour la présentation des drapeaux (ed. Denis McCaldin).
SOUSA SCORE | SOUSA PARTS | GOSSEC SCORE | GOSSEC PARTS | CATEL SCORE | CATEL PARTS | MÉHUL SCORE | MÉHUL PARTS | MONTEUX SCORE | MONTEUX PARTS |BERLIOZ MARSEILLAISE SCORE | BERLIOZ MARSEILLAISE PARTS | BERLIOZ THERMIDOR SCORE | BERLIOZ THERMIDOR PARTS | BERLIOZ DRAPEAUX SCORE | BERLIOZ DRAPEAUX PARTS
1990 — Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, ed. DKH, volume 18 of the New Berlioz Edition (Kassel, London, etc.: Bärenreiter-Verlag, 1990 [appeared 1991].
Study score / Urtext of the above. Bärenreiter TP 334. Kassel, London, etc.: Bärenreiter-Verlag, 1990. ISMN M-006-20423-6.
Vocal score / Klavierauszug of the above, ed. Eike Wernhard. Bärenreiter BA 5458a. Kassel, London, etc.: Bärenreiter-Verlag, 1995. ISMN M-006-49332-6.
2001 — Leopold de Meyer, arr. Berlioz: Marche marocaine, ed. DKH, first performed 12 May 2001 by the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra.