Principles of orchestration, digest, selected and edited by Adolf Schmid from the English translation by Edward Agate of Maximilian Steinberg's original edition. Pt. 1-[2]

by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov

Other authorsAdolf Schmid (Editor)
Paper Book, 1950

Status

Available

Call number

781.374 R469p

DDC/MDS

781.374 R469p

Genres

Collection

Truett Hollis Collection

Publication

New York, Boosey & Hawkes [1950]

Description

Fundamentals of tonal resonance, progression of parts, voice and orchestra, tutti effects. 330 pp. of musical excerpts.

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LibraryThing member jwhenderson
This classic work is a brief commentary supplemented by numerous musical examples. Rimsky-Korsakov was to a great extent self-taught and he shares his learning and experience in this compendium of music. The book covers not only the intricacies of melody and harmony but also a review of the
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 composition and instrumentation of the orchestra. He concludes with a section describing the nature of voice and its combination with the orchestra. The musical examples provide a wonderful guide to his music.
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Subjects

Instrumentation and orchestration

Language

English

Physical description

68 p.; 24 cm

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