25 Etudes by Alfred Prinz. Woodwindiana, 1999, SS, 32 pages. This book of difficult etudes was written in view of the final preparation for an audition in a symphony or opera orchestra. The commonly required orchestra audition excerpts have been worked into difficult technical etudes which, if practiced thoroughly, should help in learning the original materials. The etudes are based on Kodaly Dances of Galanta; Borodin Polovtsian Dances; Strauss Zigeunerbaron and Rosenkavalier; Rossini Overture to Semiramis and Barber of Seville; Rimsky-Korasakov Golden Rooster and Scheherazade; Wagner Tannhäuser , Meistersinger, and Götterdämmerung; Leoncavallo Bajazzo; Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf; Mozart Gran Partita; Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 and Nutcraker; Smetana The Bartered Bride; Lehar Der Graf von Luxemburg; Shostakovich Symphony No. 9; Stravinsky Petrouchka; Mendelssohn Midsummer Night's Dream; and Schumann Symphony No. 1. (C0432)