The Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra

Book Overview

This guide to the orchestra and orchestral life is unique in the breadth of its coverage. It combines orchestral history and orchestral repertory with a practical bias offering critical thought about the past, present and future of the orchestra as a sociological and as an artistic phenomenon. This approach reflects many of the current global discussions about the orchestra's continued role in a changing society. Other topics discussed include the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521001323
• ISBN13: 9780521001328
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.7"