Berlioz, Hector. (1803-1869)

Grand traité d'Instrumentation et d'Orchestration modernes.

Paris: Henry Lemoine. [ca. 1855]. Second edition. Contenant le tableau exact de l'étendue, un apperçu du mécanisme et l'étude du timbre et du caractère expressif des divers instruments accompagné d'un grand nombre d'exemples. Large upright folio. 312 pp. Lithographed. [PN] 996 (14518 HL on pages 1-2). Original self-printed yellow boards, rebacked in half red cloth. Boards somewhat soiled and bumped, scattered minor foxing, otherwise fine.

Hopkinson 30B (a) - a variant of the first edition to include the chapter "Le Chef d'Orchestre," added to the original edition in 1855. The present copy was printed in Paris by Lemoine but is lithographed. Originally published serially in 16 articles in "La Revue et Gazette Musicale," Berlioz's seminal treatise on orchestration includes numerous musical examples from his own works ("Romeo et Juliette," "Lelio," "Le Cinq Mai," and "Symphonie Fantastique") published here in full score. (16480)
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