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1 online resource (248 pages) |
| Contents |
Front cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Endnotes; SECTION I. THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY: BEETHOVEN'S ORCHESTRATION; SECTION II. THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY: FRENCH AND GERMAN ORCHESTRATION I; SECTION III. INTERLUDE: ORCHESTRAL POSSIBILITIES ON THE EVE OF THE NEW MUSIC; SECTION IV. THE TURN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: FRENCH AND GERMAN ORCHESTRATION II; SECTION V. THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY: KLANGFARBENMELODIE AND TEXTURE; SECTION VI. LATER TWENTIETH-CENTURY INNOVATIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index; Back cover |
| Summary |
Intended for college-level music majors, this collection traces the history of orchestration, beginning with Beethoven's Orchestra (with writings by Berlioz, Wagner, Gounod, Mahler, and others). It illuminates how orchestration has grown and developed, and offers a variety of theories that have been embraced by practitioners in the field |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Instrumentation and orchestration.
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Instrumentation and orchestration -- History
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Instrumentation and orchestration -- Composition
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Instrumentation and orchestration -- Composition and performance
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Instrumentation and orchestration
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203961445 |
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0203961447 |
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