This guide to the orchestra and orchestral life combines orchestral repertory history with critical thought. It includes topics such as the art of orchestration, scorereading, conducting, international orchestras, recording, and becoming an orchestral musician, educator or informed listener.
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This guide to the orchestra and orchestral life is unique in its breadth of coverage. It combinesorchestral history and repertory with a practical bias offering critical thought about the past, present and future of the orchestra. Including topics such as the art of orchestration, scorereading, conducting, international orchestras, recording, as well as consideration of what it means to be an orchestral musician, an educator, or an informed listener, it will be of interest to a wideranging readership of music historians and professional or amateur performers.
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Any history of the 'orchestra' will depend significantly on how the term is defined. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
vented trumpet, orchestral history, orchestral activity, orchestral training, orchestral life, orchestral repertory, orchestral context, orchestral recordings, romantic orchestra, modern symphony orchestra, many orchestras, principal violinist, most orchestras, sectional rehearsals, instrumental families, wide repertory, rehearsal number, orchestral musicians, orchestral technique, baroque orchestra, orchestral sonority, orchestral playing, early symphonies, transposing instruments, orchestral colour Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Berlin Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, United States, World War, Vienna Philharmonic, Philharmonic Society, Richard Strauss, Fourth Symphony, First Symphony, Henry Wood, Leopold Stokowski, Ninth Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Queen's Hall Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham, Beethoven's Ninth, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, Bruno Walter, Claudio Abbado, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas, Serge Koussevitsky, Five Pieces, Leonard Bernstein New!
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Any history of the 'orchestra' will depend significantly on how the term is defined. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
vented trumpet, orchestral history, orchestral activity, orchestral training, orchestral life, orchestral repertory, orchestral context, orchestral recordings, romantic orchestra, modern symphony orchestra, many orchestras, principal violinist, most orchestras, sectional rehearsals, instrumental families, wide repertory, rehearsal number, orchestral musicians, orchestral technique, baroque orchestra, orchestral sonority, orchestral playing, early symphonies, transposing instruments, orchestral colour Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Berlin Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, United States, World War, Vienna Philharmonic, Philharmonic Society, Richard Strauss, Fourth Symphony, First Symphony, Henry Wood, Leopold Stokowski, Ninth Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Queen's Hall Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham, Beethoven's Ninth, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, Bruno Walter, Claudio Abbado, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas, Serge Koussevitsky, Five Pieces, Leonard Bernstein New!
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