The Cambridge companion to the orchestra
By: edited by Colin Lawson.
Contributors: Lawson, Colin
Series: Cambridge companions to music
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Cambridge, U.K; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
Subjects: Orchestra
Other titles: Orchestra
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-290) and index.
Table of contents: title: The history of the orchestra / Tim Carter and Erik Levi; title: The development of musical instruments : national trends and musical implications / Robert Barclay; title: The orchestral repertory / Peter Laki; title: From notation to sound / Richard Rastall; title: The art of orchestration / Julian Rushton; title: The history of direction and conducting / Jeremy Siepmann; title: International case studies / Jon Tolanski; title: The revival of historical instruments / Colin Lawson; title: Recording the orchestra / John Rushby-Smith; title: Training the orchestral musician / Simon Channing; title: The life of an orchestral musician / Clive Gillinson and Jonathan Vaughan; title: Historical recordings of orchestras / Robert Philip; title: The orchestral composer / Robert Saxton; title: Educational programmes / Sue Knussen; title: The future of the orchestra / Stephen Cottrell; title: Appendices compiled by Tim Carter and Erik Levi. 1, The constitution of selected orchestras, 1670-1865. 2, Orchestras founded in the nineteenth century. 3, Orchestras founded in the twentieth century.