Charles-Marie Widor: Manual Of Practical Instrumentation - Softcover

Widor, Charles-Marie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486442691 ISBN 13: 9780486442693

Publisher: Dover Publications Inc., 2005

Synopsis

Renowned for his talents as organist and composer, Charles-Marie Widor (1844?1937) was also a professor at the Paris Conservatoire, where his vast knowledge of counterpoint, fugue, and orchestration benefited such students as Honegger, Varèse, Milhaud, and Dupré. In the course of his four decades of teaching at the Conservatoire, he wrote this study of instrumentation, The Technique of the Modern Orchestra, which he viewed as a supplement to Berlioz’s celebrated but dated treatise on the same subject.
Full of insights and details not found in other manuals of instrumentation, Widor’s 1904 text presents a comprehensive catalog of the various abilities and qualities of all the orchestral instruments. It also features an abundance of practical advice regarding instrumental combinations and relevant works to study. This classic work represents an invaluable reference for any student of orchestration.

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instruments of the orchestra.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486442691
• ISBN 13: 9780486442693
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224