The Cambridge Guide to Orchestration - Hardcover

Sevsay, Ertuğrul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107025168 ISBN 13: 9781107025165

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Synopsis

Demonstrating not only how to write for orchestra but also how to understand and enjoy a score, The Cambridge Guide to Orchestration is a theoretical and practical guide to instrumentation and orchestration for scholars, professionals and enthusiasts. With detailed information on all the instruments of the orchestra, both past and present, it combines discussion of both traditional and modern playing techniques to give the most complete overview of the subject. It contains fifty reduced scores to be re-orchestrated and a wide range of exercises, which clarify complex subjects such as multiple stops on stringed instruments, harmonics and trombone glissandi. Systematic analysis reveals the orchestration techniques used in original scores, including seven twentieth-century compositions. This Guide also includes tables and lists for quick reference, providing the ranges of commonly used instruments and the musical names and terminology used in English, German, Italian and French.

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Review

'This work is 'what you see is what you get' - a sourcebook but also a working textbook for practical study and investigation ... A distinctive and valuable addition in its field ...' Stuart Hannabuss, Reference Reviews

Book Description

Demonstrating not only how to write for orchestra but also how to understand and enjoy a score, this book is an invaluable guide for composers, arrangers, conductors, music theorists and music engineers. Numerous exercises with their solutions will appeal to readers who are interested in learning on their own.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1107025168
• ISBN 13: 9781107025165
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 675