Treatise on Instrumentation

by Hector Berlioz, Richard Strauss

Overview

The most influential work of its kind ever written, appraising the musical qualities and potential of over 60 commonly used stringed, wind and percussion instruments. With 150 illustrative full-score musical examples from works by Berlioz, Mozart, Beethoven, Gluck, Weber, Wagner, and others, and numerous smaller musical examples. Complete with Berlioz' chapters on the orchestra and on conducting. Translated by Theodore Front. Foreword by Richard Strauss. Glossary.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486319728
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	06/26/2013
Series:	Dover Books On Music: Analysis
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	432
File size:	92 MB
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