The Orchestral Instruments And What They Do - Couverture souple

Mason, Daniel Gregory

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1410212432 ISBN 13 : 9781410212436

Editeur : University Press of the Pacific, 2004

Synopsis

The object of this book is to assist the concert-goer in recognizing the various orchestral instruments, both by sight and by hearing, and to stimulate his perception of the thousand and one beauties of orchestral coloring. Daniel Gregory Mason (1873-1953) studied at Harvard and in Paris before joining the Columbia University faculty in 1910, where he remained until his 1942 retirement. He was the grandson of the music publisher and educator Lowell Mason and the son of Henry Mason, a founder of the Mason & Hamlin Co. piano firm; a composer as well as the author of many books on music.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The object of this little book is to assist the concert-goer in recognizing the various orchestral instruments, both by sight and by hearing, and to stimulate his perception of the thousand and one beauties of orchestral coloring. As a help to the eye, the descriptions of the appearance of the instruments are supplemented by pictures; in order to help recognition by ear, the divers registers of instruments are discussed with some particular- ity; while it is hoped that the many figures showing excerpts from standard works will sharpen the readers attentiveness to delicate shades of tonal effect These excerpts should serve only as an introduction to full scores of a few standard works, which can now be bought at moderate prices in miniature size, and which are of the greatest use in defining and regulating the act of listening, even for those who can read music only in the most tentative, stumbling way. Suggestions are given inS ection XX as to the use of scores by those who can do no more than count time, recognize accents, and see whether the tune is going up or down.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University Press of the Pacific
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1410212432
• ISBN 13: 9781410212436
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible