All About the Symphony Orchestra and What it Plays
Author:
Dorothy Berliner Commins
Illustrator:
Warren Chappell
Foreword:
Thomas Scherman
Photographs by Constantine Manos and others
Publication:
1961 by Random House
Genre:
Music, Non-fiction
Series:
All About Books (Music)
Series Number: 39
Pages:
137
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This book presents the wonderful world of the symphony orchestra:
- The players and their instruments—strings, wood winds, percussion, and brass
- The conductor, who leads the players and interprets the music
- The great composers of past and present
- The outstanding forms of orchestral music—overture, suite, concerto, symphony, and tone poem
Dorothy Berliner Commins, composer and concert pianist, is an ideal guide to this musical world. Thomas Scherman, founder and conductor of the Little Orchestra Society, has contributed a stimulating foreword.
Illustrated with handsome drawings by Warren Chappell and superb photographs by Constantine Manos. All About the Symphony Orchestra is a book for all young musicians and music lovers.
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