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Berlioz's orchestration treatise a translation and commentary by Hector Berlioz ( Book )
17 editions published between 2002 and 2007 in English and French and held by 884 libraries worldwide
Berlioz's Orchestration Treatise is a classic textbook which has been used as a guide to orchestration and as a source book for the understanding both of Berlioz's music and of orchestral practice in the 19th century. This is the first new English translation of Berlioz's complete text since 1856, and it is accompanied throughout by Hugh Macdonald's extensive and authoritative commentary on the instruments of Berlioz's time and on his own orchestral practice, as revealed in his scores. It also includes extracts from Berlioz's writings on instruments in his Memoirs and in his many articles for the Parisian press. The Treatise has been highly valued both for its technical information about instruments but also for its poetic and visionary approach to the art of instrumentation. Berlioz was not only one of the great orchestrators of the nineteenth century, he was also the author with the clearest understanding of the art.--Publisher description.

Berlioz by Hugh Macdonald ( Book )
12 editions published between 1982 and 2000 in English and Spanish and held by 794 libraries worldwide

Berlioz orchestral music by Hugh Macdonald ( Book )
10 editions published between 1969 and 2004 in 3 languages and held by 791 libraries worldwide

Skryabin by Hugh Macdonald ( Book )
5 editions published in 1978 in English and held by 755 libraries worldwide

Pelléas & Mélisande by Claude Debussy ( Book )
5 editions published between 1982 and 2004 in English and held by 382 libraries worldwide

Selected letters of Berlioz by Hector Berlioz ( Book )
2 editions published between 1995 and 1997 in English and held by 380 libraries worldwide
One of the foremost composers of his generation, Berlioz was even more influential as an arbiter of musical taste and a writer of critical essays for the Parisian Journal des debats. But professional journalism was sometimes an unwelcome task for Berlioz, who felt hindered by considerations of diplomacy and censorship. Letter writing, by contrast, provided him with a freer outlet for creative expression, and his surviving correspondences number in the thousands. From.

The New Grove early romantic masters 2 : Weber, Berlioz, Mendelssohn by John Hamilton Warrack ( Book )
3 editions published in 1985 in English and held by 344 libraries worldwide

Les Troyens by Hector Berlioz ( )
22 editions published between 1969 and 2003 in 5 languages and held by 287 libraries worldwide

Beethoven's century : essays on composers and themes by Hugh Macdonald ( Book )
3 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 245 libraries worldwide

Messe solennelle by Hector Berlioz ( )
19 editions published between 1993 and 2003 in 5 languages and held by 222 libraries worldwide