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Principles of Orchestration by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (used)

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Like New: A book that has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust ...
ISBN
9780486212661

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Dover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0486212661
ISBN-13
9780486212661
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1052897

Product Key Features

Original Language
Russian
Book Title
Principles of Orchestration
Number of Pages
489 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1964
Topic
Reference, Instruction & Study / Techniques, Instruction & Study / Conducting
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Music
Author
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
Book Series
Dover Books on Music Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight
25.6 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
20
Dewey Decimal
781.3/74
Synopsis
Great classical orchestrator provides fundamentals of tonal resonance, progression of parts, voice and orchestra, tutti effects, and much else in major document. Includes 330 pages of musical excerpts., "To orchestrate is to create, and this cannot be taught," wrote Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, the great Russian composer whose genius for brilliant, highly colored orchestration is unsurpassed. But invention, in all art, is closely allied to technique, and technique can be taught. This book, therefore, which differs from most other texts on the subject because of its tremendous wealth of musical examples and its systematic arrangement of material according to each constituent of the orchestra, will undoubtedly be of value to any music student. It is a music classic, perhaps the only book on classical orchestration written by a major composer. In it, the composer aims to provide the reader with the fundamental principles of modern orchestration from the standpoint of brilliance and imagination, and he devotes considerable space to the study of tonal resonance and orchestral combination. In his course, he demonstrates such things as how to produce a good-sounding chord of certain tone-quality, uniformly distributed; how to detach a melody from its harmonic setting; correct progression of parts; and other similar problems. The first chapter is a general review of orchestral groups, with an instrument-by-instrument breakdown and material on such technical questions as fingering, range, emission of sound, etc. There follows two chapters on melody and harmony in strings, winds, brasses, and combined groups. Chapter IV, Composition of the Orchestra, covers different ways of orchestrating the same music; effects that can be achieved with full tutti; tutti in winds, tutti pizzicato, soli in the strings, etc.; chords; progressions; and so on. The last two chapters deal with opera and include discussion of solo and choral accompaniment, instruments on stage or in the wings, technical terms, soloists (range, register, vocalization, vowels, etc.), voices in combination, and choral singing. Immediately following this text are some 330 pages of musical examples drawn from "Sheherazade," the "Antar Symphony," "Capriccio Espagnol," "Sadko," "Ivan the Terrible," "Le Coq d'Or," "Mlada," "The Tsar's Bride," and others of Rimsky-Korsakov's works. These excerpts are all referred to in the text itself, where they illustrate, far better than words, particular points of theory and actual musical practice. They are largely responsible for making this book the very special (and very useful) publication it is. This single-volume edition also includes a brief preface by the editor and extracts from Rimsky-Korsakov's 1891 draft and final versions of his own preface, as well as an appendixed chart of single tutti chords in the composer's works.

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  • by jophil-1413
    06 May, 2022

    Interesting orchestration.

    I am an orchestrator already, and I found this book to be interesting & informative. I would have preferred the music of Mozart or Stravinski for study examples, but Rimski-Korsakov is fine. Thank you, John.

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    on time and as described

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