Sounds of the orchestra
By: Antony Hopkins
Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9780195210279
Subjects: Orchestra; Musical instruments; Instrumentation and orchestration; Orchestre; Instruments de musique; Instrumentation et orchestration; Orchestras (ensembles)
Work titles: Sounds of music
Notes: Originally published: Sounds of music. London : Dent, 1982.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. The false dawn; title: From darkness to light; title: A first landmark; title: the Brandenburg Concertos; title: The orchestra emerges; title: Full score; title: Blending the colours.; title: Pt. 2. Mozart : Symphony in G minor, no. 40 (K. 550) first movement; title: Beethoven : Symphony no. 2 in D, op. 36, the scherzo; title: Schubert : Symphony in B minor (the "Unfinished"), first movement; title: Berlioz : Symphonie fantastique, last movement; title: Tchaikovsky : Romeo and Juliet overture-fantasy; title: Debussy : Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; title: Britten : Four sea interludes from Peter Grimes, op. 33a.