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Principles Of Orchestration

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  • Paperback

    489 pages

  • Release Date

    1 June 1964

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Summary

“To orchestrate is to create, and this cannot be taught,” wrote Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, the great Russian composer whose genius for brilliant, highly colored orchestration is unsurpassed. But invention, in all art, is closely allied to technique, and technique can be taught. This book, therefore, which differs from most other texts on the subject because of its tremendous wealth of musical examples and its systematic arrangement of material according to each constituent of the orchestra, wil…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780486212661
ISBN-10:0486212661
Author:N.Rimsky- Korsakov
Publisher:Dover Publications Inc.
Imprint:Dover Publications Inc.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:489
Release Date:1 June 1964
Weight:750g
Dimensions:25mm x 165mm x 234mm
Series:Dover Books on Music
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About The Author

N.Rimsky- Korsakov

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) was a prolific composer of orchestral works and many other forms of music, including chamber works and art songs. He also wrote many operas, excerpts from which are featured in this collection; most notably, “The Flight of the Bumblebee” from The Tale of Tsar Saltan.

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