Part I How To Use This Book, 3 General Introduction, 7 The Digest Guide for Dilletantes, 36 The Orchestra, 38 Surefire Initiations for Beginners, 4.1 Classic, Romantic, and Neo: A Guide to Style, 45 A Note on Performing Styles, 49 The author wishes to acknowledge the guidance of Sheldon Meyer and Vicky Bijur, who both contributed strategically to the experimental format used herein. To Miss Pike, the Toscanini of Friends Academy Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Mordden, Ethan A guide to orchestral music. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press, Inc. To Orchestral Music THE HANDBOOK FOR NON-MUSICIANSĬopyright c 1980 by Ethan Mordden First published in 1980 by Oxford University Press, Inc., 200 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 1986 Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved.