A Treatise upon Modern Instrumentation and Orchestration - Brossura

Berlioz, Hector

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1108021166 ISBN 13: 9781108021166

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Riassunto

This is a translation of the second (1858) edition of Berlioz's landmark treatise by Mary Cowden Clarke, daughter of music publisher Vincent Novello. The book was quick to establish itself as a standard work, reflecting Berlioz's keen understanding of the orchestra as both composer and conductor. It is intended as a textbook on the craft of orchestration and to promote better understanding of the essential character of each instrument. Technical details and sonorities are discussed and illustrated with musical examples from composers Berlioz admired, including Gluck and Beethoven, and from his own compositions. This edition includes a section on new instruments, such as the saxophone and concertina, and on the orchestra, and a discussion on the art of conducting. Today the treatise is an important source of information on musical practices of the time and provides us with valuable insight into Berlioz's imaginative and original thinking as a musician.

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This is a translation of the second (1858) edition of Berlioz's treatise by Mary Cowden Clarke, daughter of music publisher Vincent Novello. The work was quick to establish itself as a standard text, and reflects Berlioz's keen understanding of instrumentation and the orchestra as both composer and conductor.

Contenuti:

Introduction; 1. Instruments; 2. Instruments played with a bow - the violin; 3. The viola; 4. The viole d'amour; 5. The violincello; 6. Double-basses; Stringed instruments played with the hand; Stringed instruments with keys; Wind instruments; Table of transposing and non-transposing instruments; Reed instruments; Wind instruments without reeds; Wind instruments with key-boards; Brass instruments with mouth-pieces; Instruments with a mouth-piece, and of wood; Voices; Instruments of percussion; New instruments; The orchestra; The orchestral conductor - theory of his art.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1108021166
• ISBN 13: 9781108021166
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 266