Big bands

Here are entered works on bands generally of 10-15 solo instruments, predominantly winds, and sometimes including a vocalist, that perform jazz and popular music for social dancing.
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013942
- info:lc/authorities/sh85013942
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85013942#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Big jazz bands
- Dance bands
- Jazz bands
- Stage bands
Use For
- Dance bands
- Jazz bands
Broader Terms
- Bands (Music)
- Dance orchestras
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://stitch.cs.vu.nl/vocabularies/rameau/ark:/12148/cb119686507
Sources
- found: New Grove dict. of jazz: Jazz IV, p. 545 (The ten- 15-piece dance bands ... "big bands" or "big jazz bands")
- found: New Grove dict. of jazz: Bands (In American schools the term "stage band" is used as a synonym for "big band" ... in jazz, the term ... is most frequently applied to larger ensembles for which the term "big band," "dance band," and "orchestra" have often been used interchangeably)
LC Classification
- ML3518
General Notes
- Here are entered works on bands generally of 10-15 solo instruments, predominantly winds, and sometimes including a vocalist, that perform jazz and popular music for social dancing.
Example Notes
- Example under reference from [Ensembles (Musical compositions)]
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2010-12-13: revised

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