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Berlioz's Orchestration Treatise

By Hugh Macdonald

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Berlioz's Orchestration Treatise

By Hugh Macdonald

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Berlioz's Orchestration Treatise is a classic textbook which has been used as a guide to orchestration and as a source book for the understanding both of Berlioz's music and of orchestral practice in the nineteenth century. This was the first English translation of Berlioz's complete text since 1856, and it is accompanied throughout by Hugh Macdonald's extensive and authoritative commentary on the instruments of Berlioz's time and on his own orchestral practice, as revealed in his scores. It also includes extracts from Berlioz's writings on instruments in his Memoirs and in his many articles for the Parisian press. The Treatise has been highly valued both for its technical information about instruments but also for its poetic and visionary approach to the art of instrumentation. Berlioz was not only one of the great orchestrators of the nineteenth century, he was also the author with the clearest understanding of the art.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
432
Release Date:
2008-08-21
Publication Date:
2007-02-19
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
05213575190521036119
ISBN13:
9780521036115
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
741 g
Height:
170 cm
Width:
244 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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