Book Description
The third edition of this high successful orchestration text follows the approach established in its innovative predecessor: Learning orchestration is best achieved through familiarity with the orchestral literature; this familiarity is most effectively accomplished from the music notation in combination with the recorded sound. The text has been revised to reflect the most informed reactions to the first and second editions, as well as Professor Adler's revisions. For comprehensiveness, conciseness, and contemporaneity, The Study of Orchestration remains without peer.


About the Author
Samuel Adler is head of the Composition Department at the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester, where he has been teaching since 1966. A composer of considerable repute, he is a frequent guest lecturing at campuses throughout the country. He is the author of Sight-Singing, also published by Norton.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

This Workbook was designed as a classroom accompaniment to the second edition of The Study Of Orchestration. It is meant to serve three fundamental purposes: the review and testing of the material found in the various chapters; the practical application of he techniques discussed in the text; the acquisition of a sensitive ear for instrumental sound.

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