Moments musicaux, een componistenbiografie, 220 pp.

Also available in English.

220pp. Allereerste hertaalde en uitgewerkte editie in het Nederlands van Rimsky-Korsakovs "Principles of orchestration", aangepast met voorbeelden uit de Westerse muziekcanon en aangevuld met een uitgebreide inleiding met 47 combinatievoorbeelden.

Dr. Piet J. Swerts has developed
a online courses The Five Archetypes of Orchestration upon the Udemy platform. We have organized this course very transparently in the main orchestration procedures with well-known
excerpts from Western music-literature but also related to own compositions.
Therefore, we have divided the entirety of the course into five major parts.
Each part will be dedicated to exactly one of the five archetypes of
orchestration. Each part will thus contain 12 lessons focused on that
particular aspect. The whole course will cover at least 60 examples carefully
discussed and analyzed. The assignments are directly related to these
fragments. All relevant aspects and techniques will be covered in detail,
offering you the opportunity to try everything out for yourself to gain
efficient insight and become a true professional. Worksheets and reductions has
been elaborated, solutions provided, but also applications into one’s own
contemporary practice illustrate the relevance of traditional orchestral
principles into modern classical music compositions. By imitating and emulating
the masters, you will become by time a master yourself. We have carefully
selected excerpts in different styles, from Mozart, Beethoven, Grieg, Holst,
Bizet, Debussy, Stravinsky, Bartok and myself. In the downloadable resources
are 95 items provided: the whole spoken commentaries in English are completely
written out and can be downloaded to gain more understanding of each lesson. We
are truly convinced that this method of working, copying, imitating, emulating
the masters, which has already often proven in the past that this was the
method to learn craftsmanship, will help you further develop as an artist.

This book is now also available as an online course on Udemy:

Use this link for ordering:

https://www.udemy.com/course/instrumental-thinking/?referralCode=33AF33C347789790B135

This study is intended for both creative and performing musicians and the passionate music lover. A solid prior knowledge of instruments is warmly recommended though. The study encourages awareness of instrumental possibilities that can bring more brilliance and virtuosity to an orchestral approach. The starting point of this book is basic: a simple melody is re-translated again and again into new musical entities of an instrument to instrument combinations. Then "instrumental thinking" is systematically demonstrated: 80 models are derived starting from solo to duo, trio, quartet combinations to ensembles, designed for the woodwinds, brass, harp, percussion and strings. All models are also linked to sampled recordings that can be listened to online via QR codes. The accompanying texts transparently and clearly explain the methods that led to such results. Above all, this study is a thorough preparation to the praxis of orchestration.

It is also available as an Udemy online course.