Orchestration

A topic within Composition & Songwriting, itself one of 10 topics in that field and part of Music.

Reading on Orchestration

2 works

Book1844

A Treatise upon Modern Instrumentation and Orchestration

Hector Berlioz

Catalogues the technical capability and character of every orchestral instrument and argues that orchestration is itself a compositional decision, not a neutral act of arranging notes already chosen.

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Book1913

Principles of Orchestration

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Argues that orchestration follows learnable principles of instrumental balance and doubling, illustrated entirely through worked examples drawn from the author's own scores.

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