Treatise on Instrumentation
Treatise on Instrumentation

Author: Hector Berlioz

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1991-01-01

Total Pages: 842

ISBN-13: 9780486269030

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This influential work appraises the musical qualities and potential of over 60 stringed, wind, and percussion instruments. Includes 150 full-score musical examples from works by Berlioz, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, others. Foreword by Richard Strauss.

Berlioz's Orchestration Treatise
Berlioz's Orchestration Treatise

Author: Berlioz

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002-08-08

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 1139433008

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This is a book both by and about Berlioz, providing not only a translation but also an extensive commentary on his text, dealing with the instruments of Berlioz's time and comparing his instruction with his practice.

Principles of Orchestration
Principles of Orchestration

Author: Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2020-12-17

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13:

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Principles of Orchestration, with Musical Examples Drawn from His Own Works is a book by a famous Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, member of the group of composers known as The Five. The book presents a notable attempt to show all of the nuances of orchestration. The author describes everything one needs to know about arranging parts for a string or full orchestra. The book is concise, articulate and excels at being both a book of reference and a book of general knowledge.

The Cambridge Companion to Berlioz
The Cambridge Companion to Berlioz

Author: Peter Bloom

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2000-08-24

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 1107494060

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Still chiefly known as the extravagant composer of the Symphonie fantastique, Berlioz was an artist caught in the crossfire between the academic classicism of the French musical establishment and the romantic modernism of the Parisian musical scene. He was a thinker in an age that invented both the religion of art and the notion of the 'genius' who preached and practised it. This Companion contains essays by eminent scholars on Berlioz's place in nineteenth-century French cultural life, on his principal compositions (symphonies, overtures, operas, sacred works, songs), on his major writings (a delightful volume of memoires, a number of short stories, large quantities of music criticism, an orchestration treatise), on his direct and indirect encounters with other famous musicians (Gluck, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner), and on his legacy in France. The volume is framed by a detailed chronology of his life and a usefully annotated bibliography.

The Other Worlds of Hector Berlioz
The Other Worlds of Hector Berlioz

Author: Inge Van Rij

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9781316252871

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Inge van Rij's book demonstrates how Berlioz used the sights and sounds of the orchestra to explore other worlds.

The Orchestral Revolution
The Orchestral Revolution

Author: Emily I. Dolan

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-01-17

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1107028256

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This book explores the relationship between the history of orchestration and the development of modern musical aesthetics in the Enlightenment. Using Haydn as a focal point, it examines how the consolidation of the modern orchestra radically altered how people listened to and thought about the expressive capacity of instruments.

Evenings with the Orchestra
Evenings with the Orchestra

Author: Hector Berlioz

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1999-05-15

Total Pages: 407

ISBN-13: 0226043746

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In this delightful and now classic narrative, written by the brilliant composer and critic Hector Berlioz, readers are made privy to 25 highly entertaining evenings with a fascinating group of distracted performers.