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# Principles of Orchestration (Dover Books On Music: Analysis)

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Review: An insight into the master's mind. - Rimsky-Korsakov is by most experts' standards, certainly in the top five all time orchestrators. (Berlioz, Ravel, and Stravinsky being three of the other four. I'll let you pick number five yourself.) How did he achieve the effects he did? What processes were going through his brain as he decided on the instrumentation for his own masterpieces? This book has the answers, and that's why I bought it. I've been hearing about it for most of my life and decided to see what the shouting was all about. Well, the shouting was right. This treatise really does have the answers. The strange thing is that even though the instruments themselves have change over the intervening years, sometimes drastically, the basic principles have not changed. And that's what the book is about: Principles. Not specific techniques. Not extravagant approaches or extreme examples. Principles. That's what the title says, and that's what the book is. Exactly what I wanted.
Review: I only wish I could hear the examples he gives - Rimsky-Korsakov lays down principles for orchestration that he feels are important, and these are followed by references to examples drawn from his own pieces. My only complaint is that it is difficult to hear the scores in question. One seems to need to have the whole score to find the part in question and then follow along until the part in question comes. This is tedious. If only someone would have the tenacity and daring to post all or most of the musical examples on youtube or some other website so that we could hear the example in question. On some website I encountered, there were musical examples drawn from the book which were helpful to me when I was studying the work, but they were drawn from an electronic realizations of the music, rather than recordings of real orchestras. While it was helpful, it is after all, somewhat synthetic. I would under take this task myself, but I do not have the means to do so. Part of the problem is that access to Rimsky-Korsakov's works is somewhat limited outside of particular pieces. His operas are certainly underrepresented in the Western repetoire. My local library does not possess all of his works, nor do I feel inclined to try to purchase all of them myself. Perhaps this could be a collaborative work on a forum such as youtube where one example at a time can be posted. It's even possible to have more than one recording of the same excerpt. What is crucial is reference to the book. This would be an invaluable resource for orchestrators and composers for years to come.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
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| Best Sellers Rank | #83,324 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1 in Music Conducting (Books) #48 in Music Reference (Books) #75 in Music Techniques (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 468 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An insight into the master's mind.
*by L***B on February 5, 2020*

Rimsky-Korsakov is by most experts' standards, certainly in the top five all time orchestrators. (Berlioz, Ravel, and Stravinsky being three of the other four. I'll let you pick number five yourself.) How did he achieve the effects he did? What processes were going through his brain as he decided on the instrumentation for his own masterpieces? This book has the answers, and that's why I bought it. I've been hearing about it for most of my life and decided to see what the shouting was all about. Well, the shouting was right. This treatise really does have the answers. The strange thing is that even though the instruments themselves have change over the intervening years, sometimes drastically, the basic principles have not changed. And that's what the book is about: Principles. Not specific techniques. Not extravagant approaches or extreme examples. Principles. That's what the title says, and that's what the book is. Exactly what I wanted.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I only wish I could hear the examples he gives
*by D***K on February 13, 2014*

Rimsky-Korsakov lays down principles for orchestration that he feels are important, and these are followed by references to examples drawn from his own pieces. My only complaint is that it is difficult to hear the scores in question. One seems to need to have the whole score to find the part in question and then follow along until the part in question comes. This is tedious. If only someone would have the tenacity and daring to post all or most of the musical examples on youtube or some other website so that we could hear the example in question. On some website I encountered, there were musical examples drawn from the book which were helpful to me when I was studying the work, but they were drawn from an electronic realizations of the music, rather than recordings of real orchestras. While it was helpful, it is after all, somewhat synthetic. I would under take this task myself, but I do not have the means to do so. Part of the problem is that access to Rimsky-Korsakov's works is somewhat limited outside of particular pieces. His operas are certainly underrepresented in the Western repetoire. My local library does not possess all of his works, nor do I feel inclined to try to purchase all of them myself. Perhaps this could be a collaborative work on a forum such as youtube where one example at a time can be posted. It's even possible to have more than one recording of the same excerpt. What is crucial is reference to the book. This would be an invaluable resource for orchestrators and composers for years to come.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent read
*by S***N on May 7, 2022*

I had a wonderful experience reading this book. I learned a lot about orchestration and how I can apply it to my own works. There are many examples that Nikolay provides, which will further develop anyones understanding of the material if they wish to make the most of their time reading this book. Highly recommend.

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