By Hector Berlioz / rev. Richard Strauss, ed. Theodore Front
Item: 06-269035
UPC: 9780486269030
ISBN 10: 0486269035
ISBN 13: 9780486269030
Series: Dover Edition
Category: Textbook - General
Format: Book
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. With 150 illustrative full-score musical examples from works by Berlioz, Mozart, Beethoven, Gluck, Weber, Wagner, and others, and numerous smaller musical examples. Complete with Berlioz' chapters on the orchestra and on conducting. Translated by Theodore Front. Foreword by Richard Strauss. Glossary.
