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The study of orchestration

Title
The study of orchestration / Samuel Adler ; [photographs by Louis Ouzer ; drawings by Ralph Bentley].
Author
Adler, Samuel, 1928-
Publication
New York : Norton, ©1982.

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Additional Authors
  • Ouzer, Louis
  • Bentley, Ralph
Description
xiii, 560 pages : illustrations, music; 24 cm
Subject
  • Instrumentation and orchestration
  • Instrumentation and orchestration
  • Orchestration
  • Instrumentation
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [546]-550.
Contents
Instrumentation -- The orchestra : yesterday and today -- Bowed string instruments -- Individual bowed string instruments -- Plucked string instruments -- Scoring for strings -- The woodwind choir (reed aerophones) -- Individual woodwinds -- Scoring for woodwinds and woodwind-string combinations -- Introduction to brass instruments -- Individual brass instruments -- Scoring for brass, and brass combined with strings and winds -- The percussion ensemble -- Keyboard instruments -- Scoring for percussion and keyboard, alone or in combination -- Orchestration -- Scoring for orchestra -- The orchestral transcription -- The orchestra as accompanist -- The preparation of score and parts -- Appendix A. Quick reference to ranges of most frequently used orchestral instruments ; Names of instruments in four languages and their English abbreviations ; Some frequently used orchestral terms in four languages -- Appendix B. Books on orchestration ; History of the orchestra and orchestral instruments ; Individual instrumental technique.
ISBN
  • 039395188X
  • 9780393951882
  • 0393952959
  • 9780393952957
  • 0393952134
  • 9780393952131
LCCN
81014209
OCLC
  • ocm07811451
  • 7811451
  • SCSB-14147738
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library