Orchestration / by Cecil Forsyth
1922, Second Edition. New York : Macmillan. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #455704
Series; The Musician's Library. Physical description; ix, 530 pages, 12 leaves of plates : illustrations, music examples ; 23 cm. Notes; Second edition (first edition 1914). Subjects; Instrumentation and orchestration. Musical instruments Classification and description. Orchestral instruments History and technique. Brass instruments Construction and use. Woodwind instruments Performance practice. Percussion instruments Methods. Stringed instruments Acoustics and playing techniques. Saxophones and related instruments. Obsolete wind instruments. Harp and plucked string instruments History. Bagpipe Highland Scotland.
Price: €28.00