Orchestration

Name: Orchestration
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ISBN: 9780393097405

ISBN-10: 0393097404

ISBN-13: 9780393097405

Edition: 1955

Authors: Walter Piston

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Again he draws upon his own wide knowledge and experience as composer and teacher to present all phases of the subject. No practical aspect of instrumentation for the orchestra is neglected, and comprehensive treatment is given to each significant component. The author approaches orchestration from the premise that the principles can best be presented by analysis of music as it has been written .The essentials of instrument combination discussed here are those which can be observed operating in the scores of great composers from Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven down to our own day. Orchestration is notable for the clarity and logic of its organization. From a consideration of the individual…

Book details

List price: $49.00
Copyright year: 1955
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/17/1955
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 488
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.29" long x 1.14" tall
Weight: 1.650
Language: English

Walter Piston was Professor of Music at Harvard University. An outstanding composer whose many works have been performed by leading orchestras and chamber ensembles both in the US and abroad, he received the Pulitzer Prize twice for distinguished musical composition.