Orchestration: An Anthology of Writings
- Editor: Mathews, Paul
this anthology reflects much thought and effort in bringing together pertinent texts from multiple sources, and it should prove very useful for students and teachers of orchestration —
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Contents
- The Early Nineteenth Century
- Chapter 1 On the Symphony, Carl Czerny
- Chapter 2 Instruments Added to the Scores of Old Masters, Hector Berlioz
- Chapter 3 On the Rendering of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Richard Wagner
- Chapter 4 Instruments Added by Modern Composers, Charles Gounod
- Chapter 5 Pamphlet on Mahler’s Edition of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Gustav Mahler, Siegfried Lipiner
- Chapter 6 Beethoven’s Instrumentation, Igor Stravinsky
- The Late Nineteenth Century
- Chapter 7 Statements on Orchestration, Gustav Mahler
- Chapter 8 First Lesson: Preliminary Instruction, F.-A. Gevaert
- Chapter 9 Foreword to Berlioz’ Treatise on Instrumentation, Richard Strauss
- Interlude
- Chapter 10 The Orchestra, Hector Berlioz, Richard Strauss
- Chapter 11 Orchestra Tutti, Salomon Jadassohn
- Chapter 12 The General Divisions and Classification of the Principal Instruments of the Orchestra, Delius, Papus
- Chapter 13 Composition of the Orchestra, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
- The Turn of the Twentieth Century
- Chapter 14 An Inadequate Means for Musical Expression, Ferruccio Busoni
- Chapter 15 The Orchestra: Diatonic and Atonal Music, Josef Matthias Hauer
- Chapter 16 Possibilities of the Concert Wind Band from the Standpoint of a Modern Composer, Percy Grainger
- Chapter 17 Instrumentation, Arnold Schoenberg
- Chapter 18 The Balance of Sonorities: Volume and Intensity, Charles Koechlin
- Chapter 19 Instrumentation, Igor Stravinsky, Robert Craf
- The Early Twentieth Century
- Chapter 20 Klangfarbenmelodie, Arnold Schoenberg
- Chapter 21 Letter to Heinrich Jalowetz Regarding the Symphony, Op.21, Anton Webern
- Chapter 22 Letter to Hermann Scherchen Regarding the Transcription of J.S. Bach’s Ricercata, Anton Webern
- Chapter 23 Anton Webern:, Arnold Schoenberg
- Chapter 24 Regarding Klangfarbenmelodie, Igor Stravinsky, Robert Craft
- Chapter 25 Timbral Relationships and Their Functional Use, Alfred Schnittke
- Later Twentieth-Century Innovations
- Chapter 26 Program Note for the Fourth Symphony, Charles Ives
- Chapter 27 Instrumental Character and the Problem of the Tutti, Elliott Carter, Allen Edwards
- Chapter 28 On the Size and Seating of an Orchestra, Steve Reich
- Chapter 29 Spatial Music and Orchestration, Henry Brant, Frank J. Oteri
- Chapter 30 Remarks on Ochestration, Morton Feldman
- Chapter 31 Timbre and Composition — Timbre and Language, Pierre Boulez