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Instrumentation and Orchestration (Paperback)

by Alfred Blatter (Author)
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  • Paperback: 528 pages
  • Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc; 2 edition (31 May 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0534251870
  • ISBN-13: 978-0534251871
  • Product Dimensions: 24.9 x 17.3 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Reccomended, 15 Jan 2004
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I found this book invaluable during my music degree, especially as I majored in orchestration and arranging. The writing is clear, the examples of techniques given are extremely useful, and on the whole I found this text much more approachable than many of the standard works on this subject.
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5.0 out of 5 stars the definitive orchestration text, 29 Oct 1998
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my freshman year of college at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, my composition teacher required me to buy this text. i've definitely not regretted it. i'm on my second copy of it, and any time i need to learn about something the book has served me just fine, and it works beautifully as a reference matieral as well. it covers from the most basic aspects of composition to the complexities of writing new music and writing for extended techniques. i can't live without this book - i use it every time i write. <and i do a LOT of composing.>
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5.0 out of 5 stars THE Bible of orchestration books, 23 April 1998
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This is absolutely the cat's meow in orchestration books: more thorough, more subtle, more current than anything else on the market. I keep it on my desktop at all times and give it as a present to other composers as often as possible. Think of it as the Bible of orchestration manuals.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this one first - you may not need the others!
Blatter is absolutely first-rate. It is the essential composer's reference book.

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