Principles of Orchestration, with Musical Examples Drawn from His Own Works

by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov

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Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Editor’s Preface
  3. Extract from the Author’s Preface (1891)
  4. Extract from the Preface to the last edition
  5. A. Stringed Instruments
  6. B. Wind instruments
  7. C. Instruments of little sustaining power
  8. Percussion instruments producing determinate sounds, keyed instruments
  9. Percussion instruments producing indefinite sounds
  10. Comparison of resonance in orchestral groups and combination of different tone qualities
  11. Chapter II
  12. Melody in stringed instruments
  13. Grouping in unison
  14. Stringed instruments doubling in octaves
  15. Melody in the wood-wind
  16. Melody in the brass
  17. Melody in different groups of instruments combined together
  18. General observations
  19. String harmony
  20. Wood-wind harmony
  21. Harmony in the brass
  22. Harmony in combined groups
  23. Different ways of orchestrating the same music
  24. Full Tutti
  25. Tutti in the wind
  26. Tutti pizzicato
  27. Tutti in one, two and three parts
  28. Soli in the strings
  29. Limits of orchestral range
  30. Transference of passages and phrases
  31. Chords of different tone quality used alternately
  32. Amplification and elimination of tone qualities
  33. Repetition of phrases, imitation, echo
  34. Sforzando-piano and piano-sforzando chords
  35. Method of emphasising certain notes and chords
  36. Crescendo and diminuendo
  37. Diverging and converging progressions
  38. Tone quality as a harmonic force
  39. Artificial effects
  40. Use of percussion instruments for rhythm and colour
  41. Economy in orchestral colour
  42. Orchestral accompaniment of solo voices
  43. Orchestral accompaniment of the chorus
  44. Instruments on the stage and in the wings
  45. Technical Terms
  46. Soloists
  47. Voices in combination
  48. Chorus
  49. A. Mixed chorus
  50. B. Men’s chorus and women’s chorus
  51. with musical examples drawn from his own works

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