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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As already mentioned, this is a solid, mostly readable guide to the instruments of the orchestra. It is of course important to bear in mind that this book was written just before the first world war, and the standard orchestra has changed a little. This means that we get a thorough treatment of some totally obsolete instruments I'd never heard of. (Some are talked about as being obsolete then, in 1913, so they are really really obsolete now, Nevertheless its a nice history of the evolution of instruments).
One final point that should be emphasied - this is really an instrumentation manual, not orchestration. It will tell you how to write for a specific instruments, their capabilites, ranges, strengths and weaknesses, and so on. It won't tell you very much about combinations of instruments, ways of scoring passages, etc - this is more the domain of Rimsky-Korsakov's Principles of Orchestration or one of the more hefty Orchestration texts.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Although originally written in 1913, with a new edition in the 1920s, Forsyth's book continues to be one of the most useful books for the modern orchestral arranger/composer.
You'll need more up to date information about the Brass section and what they can do, particularly trombones, and some woodwinds too. Also the book was written before the great proliferation of percussion in the 20th century but what there is is still relevant.
Where it really comes in to it's own is in the extensive treatment of the Strings.
This reviewer being a composer who does not play a stringed instrument will always refer to the book constantly.
Aside from the technical information the book is written in a wonderfully quirky style which makes it an amusing as well as infomative read.
You'll need more up to date information about the Brass section and what they can do, particularly trombones, and some woodwinds too. Also the book was written before the great proliferation of percussion in the 20th century but what there is is still relevant.
Where it really comes in to it's own is in the extensive treatment of the Strings.
This reviewer being a composer who does not play a stringed instrument will always refer to the book constantly.
Aside from the technical information the book is written in a wonderfully quirky style which makes it an amusing as well as infomative read.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Cecil Forsyth's Orchestration is a fascinating introduction to the topic. The text is broken up into sections, each section dedicated to an instrument of the orchestra. There are a great number of musical examples which Forsyth uses to prove the points he makes. Although the age of the book fails to lend a modern perspective (I'd LOVE to see what the percussion section of the book would look like if it was written after Orff's Carmina Burana!), many fundamentals of orchestration are timeless. The string section is glorious, and is a wonderful introduction to the instruments for any non-string player. Overall, the text is invaluable to any student with moderate theory knowledge interested in the technical side of music.
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Great reference, if a little dated
There are more modern, more relevant texts available, such as Adler, but I love this book. I've bought so many over the years as gifts (this one was a gift). Read more
Published 7 months ago by P. Leader
Orchestration at its best.
This is the best book I have ever read on orchestration. Brilliantly done. The only reason why it's not five stars (I'd give it four-and-a-half) is because of it's age-copyright... Read more
Published on 27 Jun 1998
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