Principles of Orchestration The myths range in theme

The myths range in theme from steadfast love to rivalry between warriors to victory over powerful forces

and idiosyncrasies as well as playing technique

and a splendid variety of other whimsical designs

including 19 in full color

Containing a wealth of both religious and secular music from the 12th to the 17th centuries

Principles of Orchestration The myths range in theme"To orchestrate is to create, and this cannot be taught," wrote Nikolay Rimsky Korsakov, the great Russian composer whose genius for brilliant, highly colored orchestration is unsurpassed. But invention, in all art, is closely allied to technique, and technique can be taught. This book, therefore, which differs from most other texts on the subject because of its tremendous wealth of musical examples and its systematic arrangement of material according