Treatise on Instrumentation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780486269030)

The most influential work of its kind ever written, appraising the musical qualities and potential of over 60 commonly used stringed, wind and percussion instruments. With 150 illustrative full-score musical examples from works by Berlioz, Mozart, Beethoven, Gluck, Weber, Wagner, and others, and numerous smaller musical examples. Complete with Berlioz' chapters on the orchestra and on conducting. Translated by Theodore Front. Foreword by Richard Strauss. Glossary.

Author: Hector Berlioz, Richard Strauss
ISBN-10: 0486269035
ISBN-13: 9780486269030
Publisher: Dover Publications
Language: English
Published: 11/08/1991
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.15lbs
Size: 10.94h x 8.44w x 0.89d