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rchestration O RT76839.indb 2 8/31/06 10:08:41 AM rchestration O An Anthology of Writings EDITED BY PAUL MATHEWS New York London Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business Routledge Routledge Taylor & Francis Group Taylor & Francis Group 270 Madison Avenue 2 Park Square New York, NY 10016 Milton Park, Abingdon Oxon OX14 4RN © 2006 by Taylor and Francis Group, LLC Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 International Standard Book Number-10: 0-415-97683-9 (Softcover) 0-415-97682-0 (Hardcover) International Standard Book Number-13: 978-0-415-97683-1 (Softcover) 978-0-415-97682-4 (Hardcover) No part of this book may be reprinted, reproduced, transmitted, or utilized in any form by any elec- tronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying, micro- filming, and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without written permission from the publishers. Trademark Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Visit the Taylor & Francis Web site at http://www.taylorandfrancis.com and the Routledge Web site at http://www.routledge-ny.com RT76839_Discl.indd 1 5/24/06 9:02:01 AM For my parents, Charles and Bernadette Mathews RT76839.indb 5 8/31/06 10:08:42 AM RT76839.indb 6 8/31/06 10:08:42 AM Contents Acknowledgments xi Preface xiii SECTION I • ThE EArly NINETEENTh CENTury: BEEThOVEN’S OrChESTrATION 1 On the Symphony 4 Part II, Chapter III of School of Practical Composition CArl CzErNy Instruments Added to the Scores of Old Masters 17 Chapter XIII of à Travers Chants hECTOr BErlIOz On the rendering of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony 18 rIChArd WAgNEr Instruments Added by Modern Composers: Wagner and Beethoven 37 ChArlES gOuNOd Pamphlet on Mahler’s Edition of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony 40 guSTAV MAhlEr ANd SIEgfrIEd lIPINEr Beethoven’s Instrumentation 41 from An Autobiography IgOr STrAVINSky SECTION II • ThE lATE NINETEENTh CENTury: frENCh ANd gErMAN OrChESTrATION I 45 Statements on Orchestration 47 guSTAV MAhlEr first lesson: Preliminary Instruction 53 from Cours méthodique d’orchestration f.-A. gEVAErT foreword to Berlioz’ Treatise on Instrumentation 58 rIChArd STrAuSS RT76839.indb 7 8/31/06 10:08:42 AM SECTION III • INTErludE: OrChESTrAl POSSIBIlITES ON ThE EVE Of ThE NEW MuSIC 65 The Orchestra 67 from Treatise on Instrumentation hECTOr BErlIOz, ANNOTATEd By rIChArd STrAuSS Orchestra Tutti 77 from Chapter X of A Course of Instruction in Instrumentation SAlOMON JAdASSOhN The general divisions and Classification of the Principal Instruments of the Orchestra 93 from Anatomie et phisiologie de l’orchestra dElIuS and PAPuS Composition of the Orchestra 97 Chapter IV of Principals of Orchestration NIkOlAy rIMSky-kOrSAkOV SECTION IV • ThE TurN Of ThE TWENTIETh CENTury: frENCh ANd gErMAN OrChESTrATION II 117 An Inadequate Means for Musical Expression 120 fErruCCIO BuSONI The Orchestra: diatonic and Atonal Music 121 from Vom Wesen des Musikalischen JOSEf MATThIAS hAuEr Possibilities of the Concert Wind Band from the Standpoint of the Modern Composer 127 PErCy grAINgEr Instrumentation 133 ArNOld SChOENBErg The Balance of Sonorities: Volume and Intensity 139 from Volume I, Chapter II of Traité de l’orchestration ChArlES kOEChlIN Instrumentation 147 from Conversations with Stravinsky IgOr STrAVINSky ANd rOBErT CrAfT SECTION V • ThE EArly TWENTIETh CENTury: klANgfArBENMElOdIE ANd TEXTurE 153 RT76839.indb 8 8/31/06 10:08:42 AM klangfarbenmelodie 155 from Theory of Harmony [Harmonielehre] ArNOld SChOENBErg letter to heinrich Jalowetz regarding the Symphony, Op. 21 157 letter to herman Scherchen regarding the Transcription of J.S. Bach’s ricercata ANTON WEBErN Anton Webern: klangfarbenmelodien 159 ArNOld SChOENBErg regarding klangfarbenmelodie 161 IgOr STrAVINSky ANd rOBErT CrAfT Timbral relationships and Their functional use 162 AlfrEd SChNITTkE SECTION VI • lATEr TWENTIETh-CENTury INNOVATIONS 179 Program Note for the fourth Symphony 182 ChArlES IVES Instrumental Character and the Problem of the Tutti from Flawed Words and Stubborn Sounds 188 EllIOTT CArTEr ANd AllEN EdWArdS On the Size and Seating of an Orchestra 192 STEVE rEICh Spatial Music and Orchestration 194 from “Spaced Out with henry Brant” hENry BrANT ANd frANk J. OTErI remarks on Orchestration 202 MOrTON fEldMAN Timbre and Composition — Timbre and language 206 PIErrE BOulEz Bibliography 219 Sources 225 Index 227 RT76839.indb 9 8/31/06 10:08:42 AM
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