Author: Henderson, W. J.
Title: The Orchestra and Orchestral Music.
Description: NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. 1899. - (The Music Lover's Library). Octavo, maroon cloth titled in gilt on spine & front cover. The covers are bumped & the spine slightly faded. x, [i] & 238 pp. & 4-page publisher's catalogue. There is an owner's ink name & date on the series title & a small area of soiling to 1 page of the catalogue. Illustrated with B&W portrait frontispiece & 7 B&W plates [portraits] & with music staves. Very good.

First edition.

Henderson provides a description of each instrument in the orchestra with some discussion of the distinctive nature and function of each group of orchestral instruments and the development of methods of scoring. He goes on to recount the development of the conductor's role and the history of the growth of the orchestra and of its music. Very good .

Keywords: MUSIC; HISTORY OF MUSIC; ORCHESTRA; ORCHESTRAL MUSIC; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; SCORING; CONDUCTOR; ORCHESTRAS; W. J. HENDERSON; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

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