The Orchestra and Orchestral Music
by W. J. Henderson
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About this eBook
- Author
- Henderson, W. J. (William James), 1855-1937
- Title
- The orchestra and orchestral music
- Original Publication
- New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899, pubdate 1902.
- 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
- MT: Music: Musical instruction and study, Composition
- Subject
- Orchestral music -- Instruction and study
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 71345
- Release Date
- August 4, 2023
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.The Orchestra And Orchestral Music
- 3.Preface
- 4.Untitled
- 5.Untitled
- 6.PART I — I Instruments Played with the Bow — THE VIOLIN — THE VIOLA — THE VIOLONCELLO — THE DOUBLE-BASS
- 7.II Wind-Instruments of Wood — THE FLUTE — THE OBOE — THE ENGLISH HORN — THE BASSOON — THE CLARINET — THE BASS CLARINET
- 8.III Wind-Instruments of Brass — THE HORN — THE TRUMPET — THE TROMBONE — THE TUBA
- 9.IV Other Instruments — THE TYMPANI — THE HARP
- 10.V The Orchestral Score
- 11.PART II
- 12.VI General Principles
- 13.VII The Strings
- 14.VIII The Wood-Wind
- 15.IX The Brass and the “Battery”
- 16.X Qualities of Good Orchestration
- 17.XI Qualities of Orchestral Performance
- 18.PART III
- 19.XII Development of the Conductor
- 20.XIII Functions of the Conductor
- 21.PART IV
- 22.XIV From Peri to Handel
- 23.XV From Haydn to Wagner
- 24.PART V — XVI From Bach to Haydn
- 25.XVII From Beethoven to Richard Strauss
- 26.INDEX
- 27.Untitled
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