Treatise on Instrumentation but comments upon the development

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books on gothic types

yet neither bitter nor namby pamby

lavish and helpful illustrations

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Treatise on Instrumentation but comments upon the developmentThe most influential work of its kind ever written, appraising the musical qualities and potential of over 60 commonly used stringed, wind and percussion instruments. With 150 illustrative full score musical examples from works by Berlioz, Mozart, Beethoven, Gluck, Weber, Wagner, and others, and numerous smaller musical examples. Complete with Berlioz' chapters on the orchestra and on conducting. Translated by Theodore Front. Foreword by Richard