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The History of Orchestration

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Dover, 1964Description: 348 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0486212580
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CONTENTS -- Introduction -- 1. Orchestral instruments in the seventeenth century -- 2. Sixteenth century early efforts -- 3. Seventeeth century. The initial period -- 4. Seventeeth century. The initial period (continued) -- 5. Purcell-Scarlatti:The fourt-part string orchestra -- 6. The period of Bach and Handel -- 7. Transition: Gluck -- 8. The period of Haydn and Mozart -- 9. Orchestral instruments in the nineteenth century -- 10. Nineteenth century, first quarter, Beethoven-Schubert-Weber-Rossini -- 11. Nineteenth century, second quqrter. Meyerbeer-Berlioz-Mendelssohn-Glinka -- 12. The period of Brahms-Tschaikovky -- 13. The period of Brahms-Tschaikovsky -- 14. Strauss-Debussy-Elgar -- Conclusion -- Apendix A -- Apendix B -- Index
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CONTENTS -- Introduction -- 1. Orchestral instruments in the seventeenth century -- 2. Sixteenth century early efforts -- 3. Seventeeth century. The initial period -- 4. Seventeeth century. The initial period (continued) -- 5. Purcell-Scarlatti:The fourt-part string orchestra -- 6. The period of Bach and Handel -- 7. Transition: Gluck -- 8. The period of Haydn and Mozart -- 9. Orchestral instruments in the nineteenth century -- 10. Nineteenth century, first quarter, Beethoven-Schubert-Weber-Rossini -- 11. Nineteenth century, second quqrter. Meyerbeer-Berlioz-Mendelssohn-Glinka -- 12. The period of Brahms-Tschaikovky -- 13. The period of Brahms-Tschaikovsky -- 14. Strauss-Debussy-Elgar -- Conclusion -- Apendix A -- Apendix B -- Index

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