This new 210-page workbook contains not only 60 orchestration exercises starting from piano reductions with the orchestral score extract as a solution, but also analyses and recording excerpts from these masterpieces. The listen-and-follow-orchestrate method applied on the existing fragments is an efficient way to gain insight and technique in this field. The audio fragments can be downloaded after purchase via a link.
CONTENTS
Curriculum Vitae
INTRODUCTION
Foreword
SVENDSEN, Johan S. — Two Islandic Melodies — worksheet
SVENDSEN, Johan S. — Two Islandic Melodies — pianoreduction
SVENDSEN, Johan S. — Two Islandic Melodies — score
SVENDSEN, Johan S. — Two Islandic Melodies — analysis and assignment
CHAPTER 1 — TEXTURES WITH ONE ELEMENT [Melody]
01 BEETHOVEN, Symphony N°3, op.55 — Eroica — part 1 — m.45-47
02 BEETHOVEN, Symphony N°1, op.21 — part 1 — m.144-160
03 TCHAIKOVSKY, Symphony N°4 — part 2 — m.1-20
04 DEBUSSY, Claude, Prélude à l’après-midi d’une faune — m.1-4
05 STRAVINSKY, Igor, Le Sacre du Printemps — m.1-3
06 BARTÓK, Béla, Concerto voor Orkest — I. Introduzione
07 GRIEG, Edvard, Aus Holberg's Zeit, op.40 — I. Praelude — m.19-20
08 GRIEG, Edvard, Aus Holberg's Zeit, op.40 — I. Praelude — m.41
09 HOLST, Gustav, St.Paul’s Suite — II. Ostinato — last 4 bars
10 HOLST, Gustav, St.Paul’s Suite — I. Jig, Vivace — opening
11 BIZET, George,L’Arlésienne, Suite N°1 — Ouverture — Allegro deciso
12 MOZART, Symphony N°40, K.V.550 — Allegro assai — m.125-133
13 BEETHOVEN, Symphony N°5, op.67 — Allegro con brio — opening
14 BEETHOVEN, Symphony N°6, op.68 — Presto — m.234-243
15 d'INDY, Vincent, star, Variations Symphoniques — pp.40-43
16 SAINT-SAËNS, Camille, Dance macabre, op.40 — pp.23-24 E
ANALYTICAL COMMENTS
CHAPTER 2 — TEXTURES WITH TWO ELEMENTS
[Melody and Accompagnement]
17 BEETHOVEN, Symphony N°1, op.21 — Allegro con brio, m.52-64
18 BEETHOVEN, Symphony N°1, op.21 — Allegro con brio, m.205-217
19 SAINT-SAËNS, Dance macabre, op.40 — pp.9-10
20 SAINT-SAËNS, Dance macabre, op.40 — pp.3-4
21 TCHAIKOVSKY, Dance Chinoise
22 SATIE, Gymnopédie N°2 — orch. Claude Debussy
23 RAVEL, Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête, m.1-8
24 RAVEL, Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête — p.36
25 DE FALLA, El Sombrero de Tres Picos — Afternoon p.3
26 HOLST, The Planets — Part III — Mercury, The Winged Messenger
27 BARTÓK, Concerto for Orchestra — I. Introduzione
28 BARTÓK, Concerto for Orchestra — IV. Intermezzo interotto
ANALYTICAL COMMENTS
CHAPTER 3 — TEXTURES WITH THREE ELEMENTS
[Melody, Accompagnement and Secondary Melody]
29 BEETHOVEN, Symphony N°7, op.92 — Allegretto — m.75-84
30 BRAHMS, Symphony N°3, op.90 — Poco Allegretto
31 TCHAIKOVSKY, Symphony N°4 — part 2 — m.75-82
32 TCHAIKOVSKY, Symphony N°6 — part 2 — letter K
33 DVORAK, Slavonic Dances, op.46 N°7 — Allegro assai — m.136-139
34 DVORAK, Slavonic Dances, op.46 N°8 — Presto — m.9-16
35 SAINT-SAËNS, Dance Macabre, op.40 — Mouvement modéré de Valse
ANALYTICAL COMMENTS
CHAPTER 4 — HARMONIC TEXTURES
36 MOZART, Die Zauberflöte, K.V. 620 — Ouverture — m.1-3
37 MENDELSSOHN, Ein Sommernachtstraum, op.21 — Ouverture — m.1-7
38 BEETHOVEN, Symphony N°5, op.67 — Allegro con brio — m.196-222
39 BEETHOVEN, Symphony N°6, op.68 — Allegro ma non troppo — m.422-426
40 BEETHOVEN, Symphony N°6, op.68 — IV. Gewitter, Sturm — m.29-36
41 GRIEG, Aus Holberg’s Zeit, op.40 — IV. Air, Letter R — m.5-6
42 DVORAK, Symphony N°9 — Largo — m.1-4
43 HOLST, St. Paul’s Suite, op.29 N°2 — I.Jig — Vivace — m.9-12
44 HOLST, St. Paul’s Suite, op.29 N°2 — I.Jig — Vivace — Slotakkoord
45 MOESSORGSKI, Pictures of an exhibition — orch. M.Ravel
46 MOESSORGSKI, Pictures of an exhibition — Vivo leggiero
47 MOESSORGSKI, Pictures of an exhibition — La Grande Porte de Kiev
48 BARTÓK, Concerto for Orchestra — Giuoco delle coppie — m.123-156
49 STRAVINSKY, Le Sacre du Printemps — Les Augures Printaniers
ANALYTICAL COMMENTS
CHAPTER 5 — CONTRAPUNTAL TEXTURES
50 MOZART, Don Giovanni — Ouverture — m.129-139
51 MOZART, Symphony N°40, K.V. 550 — Menuet — m.28-36
52 BEETHOVEN, Symphony N°9, op.125 — Scherzo, Presto — m.438-454
53 BEETHOVEN, Symphony N°9, op.125 — Finale — m.116-131
54 GRIEG, Edvard — Aus Holzberg’s Zeit, op.40 — V. Rigaudon — m.9-14
55 DVORAK, Slavonic Dances, op.46 N°7 — m.1-19
56 SAINT-SAËNS, Dance macabre, op.40 — Repetitie Letter G
57 TCHAIKOVSKY, Symphony N°6 ‘Pathétique’ — Adagio lamentoso
58 TCHAIKOVSKY, Symphony N°5 — Allegro moderato — m.104-110
59 STRAVINSKY, Le Sacre du Printemps — Les Augures Pritaniers
60 RAVEL, Pavane de le Belle au bois dormant — Lent — Rep.N°14
ANALYTICAL COMMENTS
Afterword