The Art of Orchestration: Principles of Tone Color in Modern Scoring (Contributions in American History) [Hardcover]

Bernard Rogers (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 26, 1970 | Series: Contributions in American History

"To orchestrate is to paint. Both arts enlist color and line as expressive means. In both, the sensuous ingredient sharpens and deepens the artist's thought. Orchestration requires imagination, taste, and skill. It combines adventure and discipline."from the author's preface

Product Details

• Hardcover: 198 pages
• Publisher: Greenwood Press Reprint; New ed of 1951 ed edition (January 26, 1970)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0837129699
• ISBN-13: 978-0837129693
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,593,367 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars timbre colors and hues, August 14, 2000

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This review is from: The Art of Orchestration: Principles of Tone Color in Modern Scoring (Contributions in American History) (Hardcover)

I had the good fortune to study both composition and orchestration with Bernard Rogers at the Eastman School. His approach to orchestration skillfully wedded both the creativity of ideas and timbre to an exrtraordinary degree. While, as he explained to his students, he never intended the little book as a textbook, composers who carefully read every page and study every example of the scores excerpts included in this unique book will benefit from his unique way of thinking about texture and timbre. Orchestration students of the composer will remember well his references to passages such as the opening of La Boheme or passages from Borodin that he treated as small gems of the orchestrators treasury. If you can find this book, you will be well rewarded if you are a serious student of the orchestra and composition.