Anatomy of the Orchestra

Arts & Photography

Norman Del Mar

Music

Faber and Faber

London: Faber and Faber

Richard Strauss: Critical Commentary on His Life and Works: v. 3

A companion to the orchestra

Literature & Fiction

The first edition (1981) of Anatomy of the Orchestra, Norman Del Mar's renowned treatise and study of orchestral practice, sold out within a year of its publication. Del Mar (1919-1994), a distinguished conductor and musicologist, was recognised as one of the greatest authorities on the orchestra in his lifetime. Written not only for fellow conductors, players, students, and professional musicians, Anatomy of the Orchestra is also for everyone interested in the performance of orchestral music. 'It's tremendous fun just reading from cover to cover ... The chapter on horns doesn't fail to embrace water-emptying, or the perils of seating them in front of percussion - vibrations shoot up backward-turned bells and shiver the players' lips; and who needs be any longer at a loss for a term for any type of snare drum in any of four languages?' Tempo

<p>Traces the life of the German-born composer from his birth in 1864 to the composition of Elektra in 1909, and assesses the development of his music</p>

Richard Strauss : A Critical Commentary on His Life and Works (Vol. II)

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Cornell University Press

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