The Orchestra

by Paul Bekker and Annabeth Albert

Each period of orchestral history had its own ideal of sound, and it was not the creative musician alone but also the audience he wrote for who together determined the ideal of the time. The author... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393002195
• ISBN13: 9780393002195
• Release Date: August 1963
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

must read for those serious about understanding Symphony

I bought this book for a high school course in Music History in the late 60's. I have read it several times. Each time I read this book I gain a deeper understanding of the orchestra and our contemporary musical malaise.