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.

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 Technique of Contemporary Orchestration
The Technique of Contemporary Orchestration

Author: Alfredo Casella

Publisher: Casa Ricordi

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13:

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(Misc). Originally published in 1948, this orchestration manual is one of the cornerstone texts on the topic, but has never before been published in English. Profusely illustrated with musical examples, this manual gives technical and subjective advice about writing for each of the instruments of the orchestra. Paperback, 278 pages.

Anatomy of the Orchestra
Anatomy of the Orchestra

Author: Norman Del Mar

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1983-12-28

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 9780520050624

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Before his death in 1994, Norman Del Mar was acknowledged as one of the world's foremost authorities on the orchestra. Anatomy of the Orchestra is written not only for fellow conductors, players, students, and professional musicians, but also for everyone interested in the performance of orchestral music.

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.

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.