The Cambridge Guide to Orchestration

Informationen zum Autor Ertugrul Sevsay is Professor of Music at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna! Austria and has been teaching orchestration for over two decades. His extensive knowledge has led to the development of special courses in orchestration for music engineers at the University of Miami and orchestration for orchestra conductors at Vienna's University of Music. He has always believed that orchestration is just as important for conductors and music engineers as it is for composers and arrangers and was inspired to create this comprehensive guide as a result of the lectures! seminars and classes he has led in dozens of countries worldwide. Klappentext Demonstrating not only how to write for orchestra but also how to understand and enjoy a score! this book is an invaluable guide for composers! arrangers! conductors! music theorists and music engineers. Numerous exercises with their solutions will appeal to readers who are interested in learning on their own. Zusammenfassung Demonstrating not only how to write for orchestra but also how to understand and enjoy a score! this book is an invaluable guide for composers! arrangers! conductors! music theorists and music engineers. Numerous exercises with their solutions will appeal to readers who are interested in learning on their own. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Theory: 1. String instruments; 2. Wind instruments; 3. Percussion instruments; 4. Plucked instruments; 5. Keyboard instruments; Part II. Practice: 6. Exercises; 7. Scores and analyses; 8. Summary and a glance at the music of the twentieth century; Appendices.

Autorentext

Ertürul Sevsay is Professor of Music at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Austria and has been teaching orchestration for over two decades. His extensive knowledge has led to the development of special courses in orchestration for music engineers at the University of Miami and orchestration for orchestra conductors at Vienna's University of Music. He has always believed that orchestration is just as important for conductors and music engineers as it is for composers and arrangers and was inspired to create this comprehensive guide as a result of the lectures, seminars and classes he has led in dozens of countries worldwide.

Klappentext

A complete textbook, handbook, workbook and quick reference book on orchestration, for composers, arrangers, conductors, music theorists and music engineers.

Zusammenfassung
Demonstrating not only how to write for orchestra but also how to understand and enjoy a score, this book is an invaluable guide for composers, arrangers, conductors, music theorists and music engineers. Numerous exercises with their solutions will appeal to readers who are interested in learning on their own.

Inhalt

Introduction; Part I. Theory: 1. String instruments; 2. Wind instruments; 3. Percussion instruments; 4. Plucked instruments; 5. Keyboard instruments; Part II. Practice: 6. Exercises; 7. Scores and analyses; 8. Summary and a glance at the music of the twentieth century; Appendices.