Berlioz's Orchestration Treatise
Subtitle: A Translation and Commentary (Cambridge Musical Texts and Monographs)
Contributors: Hugh Macdonald (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 23, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9780521036115
Subjects: Composition & orchestration; Romantic music (c 1830 to c 1900); Music; Music/Songbooks; Instruction & Study - Composition; Instruction & Study - Theory; Orchestra; Instrumentation and orchestration; Music / History & Criticism; Music : Instruction & Study - Composition; Music : Instruction & Study - Theory; General
First sentence: The four strings of the violin are normally tuned in fifths, with the fourth string tuned to g, the third to d', the second to a' and the first to e".