"Orchestration: An Anthology of Composer's Writings" is designed to
be a primary or ancillary text for college-level music majors.
Although there are several "how to" textbooks aimed at this market,
there is little available that traces the history of orchestration
through the writings of composers themselves. By collecting
writings from the 19th century to today, Mathews illuminates how
orchestration has grown and developed, as well as presenting a wide
variety of theories that have been embraced by the leading
practitioners in the field.
The book begins with a general essay about the history of the study
of orchestration, as well as the leading theories of the last two
centuries. The collection then traces the history of orchestration,
beginning with Beethoven's Orchestra (with writings by Berlioz,
Wagner, Gounod, Mahler, and others), the 19th century (Mahler,
Gevaert, Strauss) the fin de siecle (on the edge of musical
modernism; writings by Berlioz, Jadassohn, Delius, and Rimsky
Korsakov), early modern (Busoni, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Grainger,
and others), and high modern (Carter, Feldman, Reich, Brant). Many
of these pieces have never been translated into English before;
some only appeared in small journals or the popular press and have
never appeared in a book; and none have ever been collected in one
place.
The study of orchestration is a key part of all students of music
theory and composition. "Orchestration: An Anthology of Composer's
Writings "provides a much needed resource for these students,
filling a gap in the literature.
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