The Evolution of Modern Orchestration

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Louis Adolphe Coerne

CONTENTS PART I. PRELIMINARIES. Page Preface v Introductory

PREFACE

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

PART I. PRELIMINARIES. CHAPTER I. THE CRADLE OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC. ( Historical Review. ) I.

CHAPTER II. THE DAWN OF INDEPENDENT INSTRUMENTATION. I.

CHAPTER III. EVOLUTION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

CHAPTER IV. BEGINNINGS OF ORCHESTRATION. I.

SUMMARY OF PART I Chapter I. The Cradle of Instrumental Music.

PART II. THE CLASSIC ERA. CHAPTER V. BACH, HANDEL, AND THEIR CONTEMPORARIES.

CHAPTER VI. GLUCK AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES. I.

CHAPTER VII. HAYDN, MOZART, AND BEETHOVEN. I.

CHAPTER VIII. THE CONTEMPORARIES OF BEETHOVEN. I.

SUMMARY OF PART II. Chapter V.

PART III. ROMANTICISM. CHAPTER IX. THE ROMANTIC SCHOOL.

CHAPTER X. THE CLASSICAL ROMANTICISTS.

CHAPTER XI. THE NEW MOVEMENT.

CHAPTER XII. FRANCE AND ITALY. I.

CHAPTER XIII. HUNGARY AND BOHEMIA; SCANDINAVIA AND RUSSIA; ENGLAND AND AMERICA. I.

SUMMARY OF PART III. Chapter IX. The Romantic School .

CONCLUSION.

APPENDIX OF MUSICAL ILLUSTRATIONS

MONTEVERDE. ( Page 16 )

SCARLATTI. ( Page 22 )

HAYDN. ( Page 47 )

MOZART. ( Page 50 )

BEETHOVEN. ( Page 53 )

WEBER. ( Page 71 )

BERLIOZ. ( Page 89 )

MENDELSSOHN. ( Page 75 )

WAGNER. ( Page 93 )

SAINT-SAENS. ( Page 131 )

TSCHAIKOWSKY. ( Page 155 )

DVO?AK. ( Page 147 )

RICHARD STRAUSS. ( Page 106 )

INDEX

FOOTNOTES

Transcriber’s Note

Obvious printer errors have been corrected without note. Other corrections can be found in the Transcriber's Errata List.

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CONTENTS
APPENDIX OF MUSICAL ILLUSTRATIONS

The Evolution
OF
Modern Orchestration

BY
LOUIS ADOLPHE COERNE, Ph.D.

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New York
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1908
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