The Evolution of Modern Orchestration
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1. Front matter2. The Evolution OF Modern Orchestration BY LOUIS ADOLPHE COERNE, Ph.D.3. PART I.—PRELIMINARIES.4. PART II.—THE CLASSIC ERA.5. PART III.—ROMANTICISM.6. PREFACE7. INTRODUCTORY NOTE8. PART I.—PRELIMINARIES. CHAPTER I. THE CRADLE OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC. (Historical Review.)9. CHAPTER II. THE DAWN OF INDEPENDENT INSTRUMENTATION.10. CHAPTER III. EVOLUTION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.11. CHAPTER IV. BEGINNINGS OF ORCHESTRATION.12. Chapter I. The Cradle of Instrumental Music.13. Chapter II. The Dawn of Independent Instrumentation.14. Chapter III. Evolution of Musical Instruments.15. Chapter IV. Beginnings of Orchestration.16. CHAPTER V. BACH, HÄNDEL, AND THEIR CONTEMPORARIES.17. CHAPTER VI. GLUCK AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES.18. CHAPTER VII. HAYDN, MOZART, AND BEETHOVEN.19. CHAPTER VIII. THE CONTEMPORARIES OF BEETHOVEN.20. Chapter V.21. Chapter VI.22. Chapter VII.23. Chapter VIII.24. CHAPTER IX. THE ROMANTIC SCHOOL.25. CHAPTER X. THE CLASSICAL ROMANTICISTS.26. CHAPTER XI. THE NEW MOVEMENT.27. CHAPTER XII. FRANCE AND ITALY.28. CHAPTER XIII. HUNGARY AND BOHEMIA; SCANDINAVIA AND RUSSIA; ENGLAND AND AMERICA.29. Chapter IX. The Romantic School.30. Chapter X. The Classical Romanticists.31. Chapter XI. The New Movement.32. Chapter XII.33. Chapter XIII.34. CONCLUSION.35. APPENDIX OF MUSICAL ILLUSTRATIONS36. MONTEVERDE. (Page 16)37. SCARLATTI. (Page 22)38. HAYDN. (Page 47)39. MOZART. (Page 50)40. BEETHOVEN. (Page 53)41. WEBER. (Page 71)42. BERLIOZ. (Page 89)43. MENDELSSOHN. (Page 75)44. WAGNER. (Page 93)45. SAINT-SAËNS. (Page 131)46. TSCHAIKOWSKY. (Page 155)47. DVOŘÁK. (Page 147)48. RICHARD STRAUSS. (Page 106)49. INDEX50. FOOTNOTES