num_pages: 432
description: The most influential work of its kind ever written, appraising the musical qualities and potential of over 60 commonly used stringed, wind, and percussion instruments. Includes 150 full-score musical examples from works by Berlioz, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, and others. Complete with Berlioz's chapters on the orchestra and on conducting. Foreword by Richard Strauss. Glossary.
language: English
title: Treatise on Instrumentation
titlecomplete: Treatise on Instrumentation (Dover Books On Music: Analysis)
genres: Reference, Nonfiction, Music
ratings_count: 71
publisher: Dover Publications