The Study of Orchestration

Third Edition

Through two highly successful editions, The Study ofOrchestration has set the standard for orchestration texts, providing the most comprehensive treatment of both orchestration and instrumentation. In addition to its treatment of scoring for individual instruments, instrumental combinations, and full orchestra, The Study of Orchestration now boasts a new chapter on scoring for band and wind ensemble, expanding the scope of the text and rounding out its coverage. While following the pedagogical approach established by its predecessors, the Third Edition also embraces new technology and responds to the needs of today's students and teachers. With an exciting new set of six enhanced CDs added to the already comprehensive ensamble, The Study of Orchestration is the most complete instructional package available and the ideal reference tool for students, teachers, performers, composers, and arrangers.
Features of The Study of Orchestration, Third Edition
- The prose has been thoroughly revised in light of current practices and refreshed to appeal to today's students.
- Music examples represent a broader range of compositions, composers, repertories, and styles.
- Newly typeset music examples make for easier reading and greater clarity.

Samuel Adler has composed over four hundred published works, including ñve operas, six symphonies, twelve concerti, eight string quar-tets, and many other orchestral, band, choral, and vocal works. He has taught at the University of North Texas (1957-1966) and the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester (1966-1995), and is presently a member of the compositíon faculty at the Juilliard School of Music. He has authored several books, including Choral Conducting and Sight Singing. In 1993, Professor Adler was elected to the Chilean Academy of Fine Arts in recognition of "his outstanding contribution to the world of music as composer, conductor, and author" and in 1997 to the Germán Freie Akademie der Kunst. In 2001, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. As a conductor, he has appeared with many of the leading orchestras in the United States and abroad, and over fifty of his works are recorded commercially on major American and European labels.

Artwork is based on Bill Dane's photograph "Davies Symphony Hall," 1982. Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, California.

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