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The technique of orchestration

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Prentice Hall, 2002 - Fiction - 414 pages
The emphasis is on the practical fundamentals of orchestration. The Sixth Edition has been expanded and revised to reflect new developments in instruments and orchestral practice, and a new listening compact disc has been added that contains selected examples of orchestration.A listening compact disc features selected samples intended for use in conjunction with the book. New musical examples and listings, and an updated bibliography which includes many recent publications. A short chapter on scoring for high school orchestras, and information on nonorchestral instrumental groups, including the band and the wind ensemble.As a reference on the practical fundamentals of orchestration.

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Contents

chapter
4
chapter
7
THE STRING ORCHESTRA
32
BOWING AND SPECIAL EFFECTS
52
chapter 5
76
chapter 6
106
chapter 7
123
chapter 8
138
chapter 13
225
OF INDEFINITE PITCH
248
chapter 15
266
chapter 16
292
SPECIAL DEVICES
323
chapter 18
340
SCORING FOR HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
355
chapter 21
373

chapter 9
162
PROBLEMS IN TRANSCRIBING
188
SCORING FOR WOODWINDS HORNS
197
appendix
386
INDEX
403
Copyright

About the author (2002)

KENT KENNAN" is Professor Emeritus of Music at the University of Texas at Austin, where he taught for many years. After completing his musical studies at the Eastman School of Music, he received the Prix de Rome in music. His compositions have been performed by many major orchestras, and a number have been published and recorded. He is the author of "COUNTERPOINT," Fourth Edition (Prentice Hall, Inc. 1999).

"DONALD GRANTHAM, D.M.A." in composition from the University of Southern California, is Professor of Music at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a winner of the Prix Lili Boulanger and the recipient of a Citation in Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His works have been performed by many orchestras including Cleveland, Atlanta, Dallas, and the American Composers Orchestra.

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