Treatise on Instrumentation

The most influential work of its kind ever written, appraising the musical qualities and potential of over 60 commonly used stringed, wind, and percussion instruments. Includes 150 full-score musical examples from works by Berlioz, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, and others. Complete with Berlioz's chapters on the orchestra and on conducting. Foreword by Richard Strauss. Glossary.