The orchestra and its instruments
by Esther Singleton
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About this eBook
- Author
- Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930
- Original Publication
- New York: The Symphony society of New York, 1917.
- Credits
- The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- ML: Music: Literature of music
- Subject
- Instrumentation and orchestration -- History
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 73991
- Release Date
- July 8, 2024
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE ORCHESTRA AND ITS INSTRUMENTS
- 2.To F. W. C.
- 3.PREFACE
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.ILLUSTRATIONS
- 6.THE ORCHESTRA AND ITS INSTRUMENTS
- 7.THE ORCHESTRA AND ITS INSTRUMENTS — PRELUDE
- 8.CHAPTER I THE VIOLIN
- 9.CHAPTER II THE VIOLA
- 10.CHAPTER III THE VIOLONCELLO
- 11.CHAPTER IV THE DOUBLE-BASS
- 12.CHAPTER V THE WOODWIND FAMILY — THE FLUTE — THE PICCOLO — THE OBOE — COR ANGLAIS — THE BASSOON — THE DOUBLE-BASSOON — THE CLARINET — THE BASSET-HORN — BASS-CLARINET
- 13.CHAPTER VI THE BRASSWIND FAMILY — THE HORN — THE TRUMPET — THE TROMBONE — THE BASS TUBA
- 14.CHAPTER VII PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS — THE KETTLEDRUMS — THE SIDE DRUM — THE BASS DRUM — THE TRIANGLE — THE CYMBALS — THE TAMBOURINE — THE TAMBOURIN — THE CASTANETS — THE CARILLON OR GLOCKENSPIEL — THE CELESTA — THE XYLOPHONE — THE WIND-MACHINE — THE RATTLE — THE ANVILS — THE CUCKOO — BELLS
- 15.CHAPTER VIII THE ORCHESTRA
- 16.CHAPTER IX THE CONDUCTOR
- 17.CHAPTER X THE HARP
- 18.CHAPTER XI THE PIANOFORTE
- 19.FOOTNOTES
- 20.INDEX
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