Title Orchestration / by Walter Piston

Edition [First edition] Published New York : W.W. Norton, [1955] [©1955]

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Description ix, 477 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm Contents [pt.] 1. The instruments of the orchestra -- 1. Stringed instruments -- 2. The violin -- 3. The viola -- 4. The violoncello -- 5. The double-bass -- 6. Woodwind instruments -- 7. The flute -- 8. The oboe -- 9. The clarinet -- 10. The bassoon -- 11. Bass instruments -- 12. The horn -- 13. The trumpet -- 14. The trombone -- 15. The tuba -- 16. Percussion instruments -- 17. The harp -- 18. Keyboard instruments -- [pt.] 2. Analysis of orchestration -- 19. Types of texture : type I, orchestral unison -- 20. Types of texture : type II, melody and accompaniment -- 21. Types of texture : type III, secondary melody -- 22. Types of texture : type IV, part writing -- 23. Types of texture : type V, contrapuntal texture -- 24. Types of texture : type VI, chords -- 25. Types of texture : type VII, complex texture -- [pt.] 3. Problems in orchestration -- 6. Orchestration of melody -- 27. Background and accompaniment -- 28. Scoring of chords -- 29. Voice leading and counterpoint Notes Includes index Subject Instrumentation and orchestration. Musical instruments. LC no. 55014230 ISBN 0393097404

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