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| |  | Author: Samuel Adler
Publisher: R.S. Means Company
Category: Book
This item is no longer available
Avg. Customer Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 5739985
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
ISBN: 0393958094
Dewey Decimal Number: 785
EAN: 9780393958096
ASIN: 0393958094
Publication Date: May 1989
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| Customer Reviews:
 Amazing book February 24, 2008
This is the first textbook I've ever had that I couldn't put down. If you love writing classical music, get this book. I have found a few errors, but nothing detrimental to your orchestration education. It cites a lot of very useful examples and contains layers of information.
Outstanding May 6, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am a complete novice but I recognize this is the required study program. You must also buy the CD/DVDs that go along with the book.
Not cheap, but an outstanding learning tool. I would recommend that you read a book on music theory and composition before buying this set to get the most out of the program.
Multi-Media companion discs to The Study of Orchestration Book (6 CDs) March 16, 2007
This 6-disc set provides audio, video and music, and some musical scores to support the examples in The Study of Orchestration Book. The videos show players playing the various orchestral instruments to illustrate performance techniques. The audio examples let the student hear the various orchestration techniques being discussed. The examples and the book in general are very detailed and absolutely worth the purchase price. I highly recommend the book and CDs to everyone studying orchestration.
The way the discs are used is there is a main menu where the user can select which instruments to view and listen to the examples. There was a strange problem with the discs I received. The digital material and menu do not match the book examples or the content printed on the CDs. Strangely, CD 4 is blank (I've tried to read it on several computers) and the main menu doesn't have any pointers that reference CD 4. Also, the other 5 discs do not contain the contents listed on the CD, many examples are missing. Both my book and the discs are listed as "3rd edition" and the cover graphics are identical. I believe this is a manufacturing problem from the publisher and therefore other sets may also exhibit this problem. Perhaps the digital content on the discs was from the 1st or 2nd edition. I'm still working with the vendor I bought the discs from to get a new set of discs and I'm hopeful the next set I receive contains the correct digital content.
If you really want to know how to orchestrate via textbook March 8, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Every composer is aware that there are countless orchestration books- and every one will tell you basically about how to do the job. Every book will have your standard instrumentation, how they function mechanically, and ranges, or something to that effect. Of course this is important.
However, when it comes down the actual art of Orchestration, elements usually left to experience are taught through Samuel Adler's CD accompanied book. No matter how close a description of an effect, or sound is, the luxury of having a dictionary of them at hand is amazing.
Overall, this is a great concept and book- and I don't believe that there is any book out there that does what it does that well.
A good book! February 24, 2007
Great, it's got everything you need in one consise but thorough reference. An excellent reference for composer or orchestrator to have.
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