Orchestral Combinations: The Science and Art of Instrumental Tone-Color

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Part 1 List of Examples
Part 2 Preface
Part 3 Introduction
Part 4 Instrumental Ranges
Part 5 Part I : At the Unison
Chapter 6 1. Mono-Chromatic Couplings
Chapter 7 2. Dual-Chromatic Couplings
Part 8 Part II : At the Octave
Chapter 9 1. Mono-Chromatic Couplings
Chapter 10 2. Dual-Chromatic Couplings
Part 11 Afterword
Part 12 Bibliography
Part 13 Index of Instrumental
References
Part 14 Index of Instrumental Techniques
Part 15 Index of Composers and Works
Part 16 List of Publishers

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This resource seeks to demonstrate what specific instrumental combinations have intrigued composers of the past and present and to suggest other groupings that may prove to be of equal validity and tonal interest. The book is designed to be a thesaurus of orchestral combinations, a lexicon of the science and art of fusing timbre and sonority in symphonic scoring. Few standard manuals devote such attention to this fascinating question as it directly relates to the imaginative deployment of the orchestral instruments. It indicates to the curious composer-orchestrator what instrumental combinations are both feasible and tonally viable. This is accomplished by the cataloging of hundreds of couplings-each is considered first as related to each individual choir of the orchestra and then as to the various possibilities between the component orchestral sections. While not every instrumental combination is considered, nearly all of the practical couplings between instruments have been included.

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