Orchestration
Walter Piston (Author)
In this book Walter Piston again displays those qualities that distinguished his earlier books, Harmony and Counterpoint.
ix, 477 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780393097405, 0393097404
300471
[pt.] 1. The instruments of the orchestra
1. Stringed instruments
2. The violin
3. The viola
4. The violoncello
5. The double-bass
6. Woodwind instruments
7. The flute
8. The oboe
9. The clarinet
10. The bassoon
11. Bass instruments
12. The horn
13. The trumpet
14. The trombone
15. The tuba
16. Percussion instruments
17. The harp
18. Keyboard instruments
[pt.] 2. Analysis of orchestration
19. Types of texture : type I, orchestral unison
20. Types of texture : type II, melody and accompaniment
21. Types of texture : type III, secondary melody
22. Types of texture : type IV, part writing
23. Types of texture : type V, contrapuntal texture
24. Types of texture : type VI, chords
25. Types of texture : type VII, complex texture
[pt.] 3. Problems in orchestration
6. Orchestration of melody
27. Background and accompaniment
28. Scoring of chords
29. Voice leading and counterpoint