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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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- Description
- xiii, 560 pages : illustrations, music; 24 cm
- Subject
- 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