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Treatise on instrumentation /
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The most influential work of its kind ever written, appraising the musical qualities and potential of over 60 commonly used stringed, wind, and percussion instruments. Includes 150 full-score musical examples from works by Berlioz, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner and others. Complete with Berlioz' chapters on the orchestra and on conducting. Foreword by Richard Strauss. Glossary.