The Technique of Orchestration, 3rd Edition - Kennan, Kent Wheeler

The Technique of Orchestration, 3rd Edition by Kennan, Kent Wheeler

Format: Hardcover

Published by Prentice-Hall, 1983

This easy-to-understand book by Kent Kennan and Donald Grantham emphasizes practical fundamentals; it is suitable for a beginning orchestration course but also contains more advanced material. Following a brief introduction to the orchestra the authors discuss the instruments individually, by section, and finally in the full orchestral context.

In this new edition information on instruments has been updated, many examples from recent scores have been added, and numerous new pictures of instruments have been included. Also, new information about twentieth-century compositional techniques and their application to the orchestra is presented. Some new and updated features:

- Comments on the expanded role of today's percussion section.
- Information on new possibilities and special effects.
- Comments on new notational practices.

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