The Evolution of Modern Orchestration

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Author

Coerne, Louis Adolphe, 1870-1922

Credits

Produced by Linda Cantoni, Bryan Ness, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries.) Music transcribed by Linda Cantoni.

Language

English

LoC Class

ML: Music: Literature of music

Subject

Instrumentation and orchestration

Category

Text

eBook-No.

49747

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49747

Release Date

August 21, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Evolution OF Modern Orchestration BY LOUIS ADOLPHE COERNE, Ph.D.
2. 2.CONTENTS — PART I.—PRELIMINARIES. — PART II.—THE CLASSIC ERA. — PART III.—ROMANTICISM.
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.INTRODUCTORY NOTE — THE EVOLUTION OF MODERN ORCHESTRATION
5. 5.PART I.—PRELIMINARIES. CHAPTER I. THE CRADLE OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC. ( Historical Review. ) — I. — II. — III. — IV.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. THE DAWN OF INDEPENDENT INSTRUMENTATION. — I. — II.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. EVOLUTION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. BEGINNINGS OF ORCHESTRATION. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI.
9. 9.SUMMARY OF PART I — Chapter I. The Cradle of Instrumental Music. — Chapter II. The Dawn of Independent Instrumentation. — Chapter III. Evolution of Musical Instruments. — Chapter IV. Beginnings of Orchestration.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. BACH, HÄNDEL, AND THEIR CONTEMPORARIES. — I. — II. — The Contemporaries of Bach and Händel. — III. — IV. — V.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. GLUCK AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES. — I. — The Contemporaries of Gluck. — II. — III. — IV. — V.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. HAYDN, MOZART, AND BEETHOVEN. — I. — II. — III.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. THE CONTEMPORARIES OF BEETHOVEN. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII.
14. 14.SUMMARY OF PART II. — Chapter V. — Chapter VI. — Chapter VII. — Chapter VIII.
15. 15.CHAPTER IX. THE ROMANTIC SCHOOL. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX.
16. 16.CHAPTER X. THE CLASSICAL ROMANTICISTS. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V.
17. 17.CHAPTER XI. THE NEW MOVEMENT. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — GROUP I. RIENZI; DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER; TANNHÄUSER. — GROUP II. LOHENGRIN; TRISTAN UND ISOLDE. — GROUP III. DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN. — GROUP IV. DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG; PARSIFAL. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X. — XI. — XII. — XIII. — XIV. — XV.
18. 18.CHAPTER XII. FRANCE AND ITALY. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — ITALY. VII. — VIII.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII. HUNGARY AND BOHEMIA; SCANDINAVIA AND RUSSIA; ENGLAND AND AMERICA. — I. — II. — III. — SCANDINAVIA AND RUSSIA. IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — ENGLAND AND AMERICA. X. — AMERICA. XI. — XII. — XIII.
20. 20.SUMMARY OF PART III. — Chapter IX. The Romantic School . — Chapter X. The Classical Romanticists . — Chapter XI. The New Movement . — Chapter XII. — Chapter XIII.
21. 21.CONCLUSION.
22. 22.APPENDIX OF MUSICAL ILLUSTRATIONS
23. 23.MONTEVERDE. ( Page 16 )
24. 24.SCARLATTI. ( Page 22 )
25. 25.HAYDN. ( Page 47 )
26. 26.MOZART. ( Page 50 )
27. 27.BEETHOVEN. ( Page 53 )
28. 28.WEBER. ( Page 71 )
29. 29.BERLIOZ. ( Page 89 )
30. 30.MENDELSSOHN. ( Page 75 )
31. 31.WAGNER. ( Page 93 )
32. 32.SAINT-SAËNS. ( Page 131 )
33. 33.TSCHAIKOWSKY. ( Page 155 )
34. 34.DVOŘÁK. ( Page 147 )
35. 35.RICHARD STRAUSS. ( Page 106 )
36. 36.INDEX
37. 37.FOOTNOTES

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