Instrumental Reading

Want to learn more about orchestras and instruments? The following is a bibliography of the references we found interesting and useful to produce the Word Alive 2005 calendar issue.

Goulding, Phil G. Classic Music: The 50 Greatest Composers and Their 1,000 Greatest Works. New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1992.

Lovelock, William. The Elements of Orchestral Arrangements. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1968,

Piston, Walter. Orchestration. New York: W.W. Norton & Company Inc., 1955.

Plotkin, Fred. Classical Music 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Classical Music. New York: Hyperion, 2002.

Prout, Ebenezer. The Orchestra. London: Augener Ltd., 1899.

Sadie, Stanley, editor, with Latham, Alison. The Cambridge Music Guide. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985.

Smith, Tim. The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Classical Music. New York: Penguin Putnam Inc., 2002.