Berlioz's Orchestration Treatise
A Translation and Commentary
£26.99
Part of Cambridge Musical Texts and Monographs
- Real Author: Berlioz
- Editor: Hugh Macdonald, Washington University, St Louis
- Date Published: May 2007
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521036115
£
26.99
Paperback
Other available formats:
Hardback, eBook
Looking for an inspection copy?
This title is not currently available on inspection
-
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.
Read more- A translation and edition by internationally renowned Berlioz scholar
- An important historic textbook, reflecting on nineteenth-century performance
- Important aid to the understanding of Berlioz's music
Customer reviews
Not yet reviewed
Be the first to review
Review was not posted due to profanity
×Product details
- Date Published: May 2007
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521036115
- length: 432 pages
- dimensions: 243 x 170 x 17 mm
- weight: 0.688kg
- contains: 13 b/w illus. 187 music examples
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Preface
A note on the edition
A note on the translation
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
The Treatise
Introduction
1. Bowed strings
2. Plucked strings
3. Strings with keyboard
4. Wind: introduction
5. Wind with reeds
6. Wind without reeds
7. Wind with keyboard
8. Brass with mouthpiece
9. Woodwind with mouthpiece
10. Voices
11. Pitched percussion
12. Unpitched percussion
13. New instruments
14. The orchestra
15. The conductor and his art
Appendix: Berlioz's writing on instruments
Bibliography
General index
Index of Berlioz's works.
Related Books
related journals
also by this author
Sorry, this resource is locked
Please register or sign in to request access. If you are having problems accessing these resources please email [email protected]
Register Sign in» Proceed
You are now leaving the Cambridge University Press website. Your eBook purchase and download will be completed by our partner www.ebooks.com. Please see the permission section of the www.ebooks.com catalogue page for details of the print & copy limits on our eBooks.
Continue ×Are you sure you want to delete your account?
This cannot be undone.
Thank you for your feedback which will help us improve our service.
If you requested a response, we will make sure to get back to you shortly.
×