The Cambridge companion to the orchestra /
This guide to the orchestra and orchestral life is unique in the breadth of its coverage. It combines orchestral history and orchestral repertory with a practical bias offering critical thought about the past, present and future of the orchestra as a sociological and as an artistic phenomenon. This...
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2003
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Table of Contents:
- The history of the orchestra / Tim Carter and Erik Levi
- The development of musical instruments : national trends and musical implications / Robert Barclay
- The orchestral repertory / Peter Laki
- From notation to sound / Richard Rastall
- The art of orchestration / Julian Rushton
- The history of direction and conducting / Jeremy Siepmann
- International case studies / Jon Tolanski
- The revival of historical instruments / Colin Lawson
- Recording the orchestra / John Rushby-Smith
- Training the orchestral musician / Simon Channing
- The life of an orchestral musician / Clive Gillinson and Jonathan Vaughan
- Historical recordings of orchestras / Robert Philip
- The orchestral composer / Robert Saxton
- Educational programmes / Sue Knussen
- The future of the orchestra / Stephen Cottrell
- 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