UNM - Inst.20212.u1 - Thesaurus of Orchestral Devices - Part I

 

THES URUS OF

ORCHESTR L DEVICES  y

G RDNER RE D

PITM N

PU LISHING

NEW YORK

CORPOR TION

TORONTO

LONDON

 

P RT

 

The  nstruments of

the

Orchestra

 

INTRODUCTION Nothing

added

are

to the

symphony

orchestra, others

become

obsolete, ranges are

—and one more tome on

techniques improved and expanded

outmoded.

itself

It

a regrettable fact

is

completely thorough,

reliable,

that at this time there

or up-t up-too-da date te text

on even the

extended,

instrumentation becomes

not in existence a single

is

basic technique

Such volumes

including the the corr correc ect t ranges for the standard instruments.

of orchestration,

as the Berlioz-Strauss

on Instrumentation and Rimsky-Korsakoff's Principles of Orchestration have historical

Treatise interest

New instruments

seems to date more quickly than an orchestration text-book.

and

And

orchestra.

methods of scoring

significance, but are assuredly not adequate as

more

certain

popular (but erroneous)

of

international code

second octave

and such informative gems

by which composers

[for clarinet],

modern

recent books, such as that of Schillinger, are not only full of

cliches

ethics

for the

but they also

eighteenth-nineteenth-century orchestra.

still

We

as

[sic]

 There

an unwritten

is

limit themselves to the written 'g'

of the

largely indicate the restricted ranges of the

must await with patience the appearance of

Arth Ar thur ur Cohn Cohn's 's monumental Art and Science of Orchestration, which gives promise of being the ne plus ultra in instrumentation treatises.

To show

the orchestration student in particular

how much

standard texts

on

the subject

disagree in the simple matter of ranges alone, a Comparative Table of Ranges has been compiled

from

well-known orchestration books, new and

sixteen

betically but in order

may

instrumental ranges

word

the final

After

Symphony

first

publication, so that the chronological expansion

be better observed.

The Table

is

completed with what

of 195 1) on ranges for the standard orchestral instruments:

(as

is

of the

hoped

first,

is

for the

major symphonic orchestra; and second, for the non-professional or semi-amateur

professional,

group.

of date of

These are arranged not alpha-

old.

all,

it

is

one thing to score a work for possible performance by the Boston

Orchestra or the

New York

high school or college orchestra. incontrovertible fact the sooner

is

Philharmonic-Symphony, and quite another for a

The sooner his

work

the

young

orchestrator learns this simple

and

be performed.

likely to

Preceding the Table of Ranges will be found the customary Nomenclature of the orchestral instruments.

For the sake of completeness

all

the

names commonly used

—English,

have been given in the four basic score languages

Italian,

for each instrument

French, and German.

Beneath most of the instrumental names are the conventional abbreviations scores.

It

will be seen, however, that apparently composers and publishers

with each other procedure in

as

to the proper abbreviations,

and that

as

as

used in printed

do not always agree

yet there exists

no standardized

this respect.

Finally, there

is

given a chart showing the evolution of the modern symphonic orchestra

so far as general balance,

number, and make-up of the instruments

are concerned.

Beginning

with the Festmesse of the early Venetian composer, Benevoli, composed in 1621, and ending

 

INTRODUCTION with Bela Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra of 1943, one can observe

how

the gradual

trend

during some three hundred years to the immense, often unwieldy orchestral apparatus of Mahler, Strauss, and early Schonberg has in the past few decades taken the opposite direction.

Brought about by economic

necessity, the

tendency today

is

and practicable instrumental aggregation, and to achieve

minimum means

—not altogether an

to score a

work

maximum

undesirable goal or achievement

 

not illustrate the first time certain instruments or combinations

the orchestra.

and

illustrative

with in

being the most representative both of the composer and of his time.

They do

with any such

effect

The works quoted

were chosen

make-up of

more modest

orchestral

this chart

as

for a

One may

—but

plan

that should be sufficient.

easily quarrel,

it is

were added

to the

of course, with the present selection

believed that the point

is

made with

—

as

the chosen works,

 

Chapter

NOMENCLATURE OF INSTRUMENTS order of appearance in the score)

(in English

Partition

Strumenti a instruments]

Partitur

WOODWINDS

I.

Winds [Wind

German

French

Italian

Partitura

Instruments a vent

fiato

Blaser

[Strumenti di vento]

Woodwinds

[Blasinstrumente]

Strumenti di legno

Piccolo

Flauto piccolo

Pic, Pice

Fl. pice, Fl. p., Pice.

Small Flute

Ottavino

Sm.

Otta., Ott.

Fl.

Bois

Holzblaser

Petite Flute

Kleine Flote

Pu

FL, P.F.

kl.

Fl.

Flute(s)

Flauto(i)

Fls., Fl.

Fl.

Grande(s) Flute(s) Qdes pi Fi

gr.

Alto Flute

Flauto contralto

Flute Alto

Altflote

Alto Fl. Fl Flut ute e in

Fl. c'alto.

Fl.

Alto Flute en Sol

Altfl.

Fl. in

Fl. in Sol

Fl. en Sol

G G, G Fl.

Grosse Flote(n)

f

Flauto in Sol

FL, Fl.

Flautone Fltne.

Bass Flute

Flauto basso

Flute Basse

Bassflote

Bs. Fl.

Fl. basso; Fl.b.

Fl. Basse, Fl. b.

Bassfi.

Oboe(s)

Oboe(i)

Hautbois

Obs., Ob.

Ob.

Hautb.,

Hoboe(n) Hob., Hb. Oboe(n)

H \ Hb. l

Ob. English

Horn

Engl. Horn, Eng.

Hn

.,

Engl.

H,

E. Hr rn n. ., , E.H.

Corno Cor.

C.

Cor

C.

igl.,

ingl.,

Cor Anglais

Englisch(es)

Cor Ang., C. AngL, Cor A.,

En Engl gl. . Hr., Hr., Englh.

Ahb.

contralto

c'alto

Oboe d'amore

Oboe d'amore

Hautbois d'amour

Ob. d'amore

Ob. d'amore

Htb. d'amour

Bass Bs.

Oboe d'amore Ob. d'amore

Oboe

Heckelphon Heckelph., Heck

Ob.

Eb [D] Clarinet [D]CL, CI. in

E\>

Mib

Clarinetto piccolo in E\>

CL

CL pc. CL Mib [Re], CL (Mib

[D]

pice,

p., ,

[Re]

CL

in

Re)

Clarinette

Petite

Clarinette(s)

Cits ts., ., Cl Cls. s., , CI. Clarts., Clars., Ci

Clar., CI.

Clar.,

Bass Clarinet

Clarinetto basso

Bass Clar., Bass CL, Bs. Clar.,

Clar. basso, Clar Clar. . B., B.,

b'o.,

CL

Basse, Basse, Clar. Clar. B.,

K[C]larinette in Es [D] in

Es[D], Es-Kl., D-Klar.

K[C]larinette(n)

CL

Klar., Kl.

Clarinette Basse

CL

Mib

Kl.

P (c CL

Clarinetto(i)

CL, B.

en

[Re]

Clarinet(s)

Bs.

Horn

Althoboe

C. An., Cg.

Ing., C.I.

Oboe Ob.

inglese

ingl.,

Bassk[c]larinette

CL

B.

Bassklar.,

B.-KL

Cl.b.

Clt.

Clarone Saxophone(s)

Sassofone(i)

Saxophone(s)

Saxophon(e)

Sax.

Sassaf.

Sax.

Sax.

Bassoon(s)

Fagotto(i)

Basson(s)

Fagott(e)

Fag., Fg.

Bons

Fag., Fg.

Bssns., B'ss'n., Bsns., Bns.,

Bn.

,

Bns.

 

NOMENCLATURE OF INSTRUMENTS English

Contrabassoon C.

B'ss'n.,

Contrebasson

Contrafagotto

Con. Bssn., Cbssn., C.-Bsn., C. B'ssoon., C.

German

Fren ch

Italian

Cont. F., C.-Fag., C. Fg., Cfg.,

C.F.

C

tr 

B

on

,

K[C]ontrafagott

C. B° ,Cbn.

Kontrafag., K.-Fag., Kfg.

Bn.

Double Bassoon D. Bssn., D. Bn., Dbn. Sarrusophone

Sarrusofone

Sarrusophone

Sarrusophon

Sarr.

Sarr.

Sarr.

Sarr.

II.

BRASSES Cuivres

Brasses

Ottoni

[Brass]

[Strumente d'ottone; strum-

Blechblaser

[Blechinstrumente]

cn nt ti d i metallol

Horn(s)

Corno(i)

Hn., ., Hs Hs. . Urns., Hns., Hn

Cor., Cr.

Trumpet(s)

Tromba(e)

Trpts., Tpts., Trp., Tps., Tpt.

Trb.,

Horn (Horner)

Cor(s)

Hrn., Hr., H.

Trompete(n)

Trompette(s)

The., Tr., Tb.

Tromp., Trp.

Tpttes.,

Tromp., Trmp.,

Trpt.,

Clarino

Cors., Cuts.

Bass

Cnti.,

bassa

Trb. bassa

Bs. Trpt.

Trombone

Trombone(i) tenore

T.-bones., Trombs., Trbns.,

T.Trb., The.

Bass

C.

C. a p., Cor. a p.

Tromba

Trumpet

(Tenor)

Cornet(s)-a-pistons

Cornetto(i) a pistoni

Cornet(s)

Trni.,

Trombone

Trbn bn., ., Bs Bs. . Bs. Tr

Tbn

B. Trb.

Trbn.

Piston(s)

Pistons

Pns.

Pist.

Trompette Basse

Basstrompete

Tr. Tr. Bass Basse, e, Tr.

Basstrp.

b.

Trombone(s)

(Tenor)posaune(n)

Tromb., Tb Tbne nes. s., , Tr Trb. b.

T.-Pos.,

Tenp., Pos.

Trb., T.-ni., Tr.

Trombone ,

(i)

Tmboni., Trbni., Trbn., Tbni.,

Cornett(e) Cor.

a p.

Trombone

basso

Trb.

b.

Basse

Bassposaune Bassp., B.-Pos.

b.

Tenor Tuba

Tuba tenore

Tenor Tuba

Tenortuba

Ten. Tb.

Tb.

Ten. Tb.

Tenth.

(Bass)

Tuba

ten.

Tuba

Tuba

(bassa)

Tb. B., Tba., Tb.

Bs. Tb., Tb.

(Bass)tuba

(Basse)

Tb.

III.

Btb.,

BT.

PERCUSSION Schlagzeug

Percussion

Percussione

[Battery]

[Batteria; Strumenti a percossa

Timpani

Timpani

Timbales

Pauken

Timp., Tp.

Timp., Tp.

Timb., Tbles.

Pauke., Pk.

Gran

Grosse Caisse

Grosse

Batterie

[

Schlaginstrumente]

Timpany 1

Tympany1 Tymp.

Drums

Kettle

K. Drum, K. Drs., K.D. Bass

Drum

Bs. dr.,

B. Dr., B.

D.

C, G. C, Ca. Tamburo grosso Tamburo grande Tamb.

Military Mil.

Drum

dr.

Snare

Drum

cassa

Gr.

gr.,

Tamburo

Tmb.

Gr.,

C , Gr. C, G.C

Tambour

(militare)

T'buro mil., Tamb., Tmb.,

T.M.

Sn. dr., S. D. Side Drum dr.,

S.

G. Tr.

gr. Tr.,

gr.

(militaire)

Tamb.

kl.

Kleine

Caisse,

C'

D. 1

Kleine Militartrommel

Caisse claire se

Side

Trommel

Erroneous spelling

7

.

d.,

C. CT5

8

8...J

Nos.

1, 6,

Nos.

14

8,

8

,

i

Nos.

11, 12

4,

St.

—1-I

-**

X

,

•

-4*-3^.

8 Nos.

14

EE

n;

=54;

10

.^

to

Contrabassoon

J

-**

—

s

12

4, 8,

to

No. 17

tji

be

Nos.

1

E

*E

IB

Nos.

to No.

No. 10

^

7, 9,

Nos.

13

J

2, 5

•

-4*-

-44; —*

«-

8..J

8...J

No. 17

No. 17

(a)

17

(fc)

J

16

II

-U

 

THE INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA II.

Saxophone

is

iw Nos.

7, 9,

i te

10, ii, 12,

No. 14

16

k

i

t No.

Nos.

15

2, 5, 6,



in Et>

in

in Eb

W

u

-'*

w *

B\>

SMC

->u

^

Bass

inBb

A

\,

b* No. 17

if

range given

(a)

Alto

Tenor

in El>

in

35 No. 17 18

(b)

Bt

Baritone

inEt

:

W

COMPARATIVE TABLE OF RANGES

 

BRASSES i.

Horn

^m Nos.

m

(F)

^m

3, 4, 8, 9,

Nos.

io, ii, 13, 14

-**-

12

1,

-^1—X-

V No. 2

m

m

Nos.

r«

•

,;

_

No. 7

16

15,

j

< No.

 _ &

5

^ No. 6

^

y

3fc

No.

 

&

:

No. 17

17(a)

19

*,

(6)

P

THE INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA

 

2.

m

^.

Nos.

Trumpet (C and

m

bjL

Nos.

6

4,

B-Flat)

3,

^:

No. 2

Nos.

No.

T

7, 8, 9,

5.

m

bi*_

fa

T3T

No. 16

io, 15

No

ii, 12, 13,

No.

14

m

% **

T No.

17(a)

3.

No. 17

(&)

u

m

m

•

No.

7

2,

Trombone

—

i^^ Nos.

Bass

^

No. 4

1

^

^F=t£ No.

Nos.

3

Nos.

g

5, 8, 9,

No. 6

10, 11, 12, 13, 14

No

15, 16.

range given

gg^g

1

No. 17

No. 17(a)

^

^

8*

(6)

Tuba

5.

No.

«S

-t* ir

-0-

Nos.

1

4,

No. 16

7

.SL 52.

 9* --*

=^

—

r 1

1

«^

Nos. 3,6, 8,9,

10, I 2, 13 , 15

No.

No. 2

11

^—

*s

^

No

1*.

XT

No. 14

5

^

^ No. 17

-e-

No. 17

(a)

21

(fc)

 

THE INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA PERCUSSION Timpani

i.

m Nos.

12,

Nos.

14

s

ti

)•

-

No. 16

Nos.

m

1, 2,

5, 7, 9,

10, 11, 13

m

No. 17

No. 17

(a)

2.

(6)

Glockenspiel 8

~ 1

=

i No.

Nos.

_ No.

No. 16

15

2, 4, 7, 8, ii, 13,

No.

14

^

i No.

12

Nos.

?

1, 9,

10.

No

3

5

No. 6

ra rang nge e gi give ven n

8

S'

=

I No. 17

(a)

22

' No. 17

(fc)

II

COMPARATIVE TABLE OF RANGES

 

3.

Xylophone

8^]

i Nos.

No. 4

2, 7, 8

No.

m

3

T

XT

No. 6

Nos.

i Nos.

1, 5, 9,

Nos.

15, 16

No. 12

10, 14.

No

range given

i Nos. 17

4.

m

Nos.

Nos.

and 17

Chimes

(b)

—Bells

ipm 8,

1, 2,

No.

(a)

No. 16

12

3, 4,

5, 6, 7, 9,

10, 11, 13, 14, 15.

No

ra rang nge e gi give ven n

*

No. 17

17(a)

23

(b)

11, 13

THE INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA

 

5.

Vibraharp

m

$

T5

No.

Nos.

i, 2,

No.

15

3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,

10, 11, 12, 13, 14.

No

id

range given

$ Nos. 17

(a)

6.

and 17

(6)

Celesta

8 i

SO.

i Nos.

Nos.

2, 3, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15,

1, 4,

5, 6, 9,

11.

No

16

range given

8 .

a.

m No. 17

No. 17

(a)

24

(fc)

 

COMPARATIVE TABLE OF RANGES 7.

Harp 8

te

m

^

fe

\fs.

u'\

.

8

&.._.

No.

Nos.

8

10, 11, 12, 13,

4, 7, 9,

fe

•

i

^

^

l>S

•

8

8

J

Nos.

3,

Us

,

J

Nos.

16

2, 5

8iT

Si.

i

i

^

p

No.

No. 6

No.

15.

No

range given

8

fe

u~. 8.

1

te

Us:, 8._

I

j

No. 17

No. 17(a)

25

(fc)

i

14

THE INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA

 

STRINGS

I.

Violin

m

m

Soo

T

No. 9

Nos.

2, 3,

No.

io, 15

m

1*«

m

Nos.

4, 5, ii,

No. 7

14

' »..'

H 7T

Nos.

i, 6,

No.

13

16

m No.

»sn

7y

5

No. 12

8

No. 17

17(a)

26

(fc)

COMPARATIVE TABLE OF RANGES  

Viola

2.

^

w

£

j^

No.

Nos.

3, 9,

No.

8

H *

No. 6

m

T

3.

^m Nos.

'>•

1, 4,

No.

^m No. 17

4— (G.429)

_

Nos.

11, 13

(b)

Violoncello

^ Nos.

No. 6

2, 8

^ Nos.

^

5

TT

No. 17

No. 17(a)

11

TT

No.

'«•'

12

TT

No.

io, 14, 15, 16

TT

13

&

TT

H

T

7,

8

•

,^°

No.

8

J^ -'»

8

8.. .J

8

•

No. 4

15

S

npi Nos.

8

S

8....J

^m

1,

13

Nos.

7,

12

8.... J

No.

5

11

^

^

No. 17

6,

 

9, 14, 16

^ Nos.

Nos.

^t

8.

No. 10

3

8

No. 17

(a)

28

(b)

i

 

Chapter

3

EVOLUTION OF THE MODERN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA J.

Suite (Overture) in

S.

D

Haydn

MOZAHT

Bach

Bbnevoli Festmesse

Symphony No. 41

No. 4

C

major

major,  Jupiter

in

Symphony No. 2

D

major,

(1628)

(1729-?)

4 Flutes

3

Oboes

1

Flute

2 Flutes

1

Bassoon

2

Oboes

2

2

Oboes

(1788)

(1795)

2 Bassoons

Oboes

2 Clarinets 2 Bassoons

o o

2 Clarini (high trumpets)

3

Trumpets

2 Cornetti

H

8

Trumpets

3

Trombones

2 Horns

2 Horns

2 Trumpets

2 Trumpets

'

pq

2 Timpani

2 Timpani

2

Timpani

2 Timpani

2 Organs

u M

O

Pm

60

4 Violins 8 Violas

Violin

I,

Violin

II

Basso continuo

Violin

I,

II

Viola

Viola

Viola

Bass

Violoncello

Violoncello

Bass

Bass

00

Two

I, II

Continuo (Cembalo)

8-Part Choruses

I 29

in

 London

 

THE INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA Beethoven Symphony So. 9 (1823)

1

Piccolo

minor

Schuuert Symphony No. 7

Biulioz

Liszt

Symphonie Fantastlque

Eine Faust-Symphonie

(1828)

(1830)

(1857)

2 Flutes

2 Fl lu ut te e s (2nd

in

C

major

Oboes

2

Oboes

2 Clarinets

2 Clarinets

2 Bassoons

2

1

Fl. alt.

Oboes (2nd Ob.

Piccolo)

alt.

English horn) 2 Clarinets

2 Bassoons

.3

-0

D

2

2 Whites

a

in

3 Flutes (3rd Fl. alt. Piccolo)

2

Oboes

2 Clarinets 2 Bassoons

4 Bassoons

Contrabassoon

.

4 Horns

2 Horns

2 Trumpets

2 Trumpets

3

Trombones

3

4 Horns 2 Cornets

Trombones

4 Horns 3

2

Trumpets

3

3

Trombones

1

Trumpets

Trombones Tuba

2 Tubas

PQ

2 Timpani Bass

drum

4 Timpani

2 Timpani

Bass

(2 players)

drum

2 Timpani

Cymbals

Cymbals

Cymbals

Triangle

Triangle

2 Harps

Harp

Violin

Violin

Violin

I

Viola

Viola

Violin

II

Violoncello

Violoncello

Bass

Bass

Viola (10) Violoncello

I,

II

I,

II

Bass

Violin

(15) (15)

I,

II

Viola Violoncello

(1 1)

Bass

(9)

Male Chorus Tenor solo

Chorus: S.A.T.B. Solo Quartet

30

 

EVOLUTION OF THE MODERN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Wagner

Brahms

 Gotterdammerung

Symphony No. 4

(1872)

(1885)

1

2

E

minor

Bruckner

Scheherazade

Symphony No. 9

(1888)

2 Flutes (2nd

Piccolo

3 Flutes

in

Rimsky-Korsakoff

Fl. alt.

Piccolo)

Oboes

1

Oboes

2 Clarinets

1

English horn

2 Bassoons

3

Clarinets

1

1

Bass clarinet

3

Bassoons

2

Oboes (2nd Ob.

2 Clarinets

4 Horns

4

3

2 Trumpets

2

1

Bass trumpet

3

3

Trombones

1

Contrabass trombone

Trombones

3 1

Horns Trumpets

Trombones Tuba

2 Tenor tubas

alt.

3

Flutes (3rd

3

Oboes

3

Clarinets

1

Cymbals Tenor drum

3

Timpani

8

Horns (5th-8th Hns. 4 Tubas)

3

Trumpets

3

Trombones

1

Tuba

2

Timpani

3

Timpani

drum Snare drum

Bass

Triangle

Triangle

Cymbals

Bells

Triangle

6 Harps

Tambourine

Gong Harp

Violin

I

Violin

II

(16) (16)

Viola (12) Violoncello (12) Bass (8)

Piccolo)

Contrabassoon

Contrabass tuba

4 Timpani

Fl. alt.

2 Bassoons

2 Bass tubas 1

minor

2 Bassoons

Horns Trumpets

8

Piccolo

Englis Eng lish h hor horn) n)

Contrabassoon

D

(1894)

2 Flutes

3

in

Violin

I,

Violin

II

I,

II

Violin

I,

II

Viola

Viola

Viola

Violoncello

Violoncello

Violoncello

Bass

Bass

Bass

13 Solo Voices

31

alt.

 

THE INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA SCHONBBRC Currc-Lieder

Mahler

Debussy La Met

Ravel

Symphony No.

8 in E\> major

Daphnis

(1901)

(1905)

Piccolo

4 Piccolos

1

4 Flutes

2 Flutes

3

Oboes

2 Oboes English horn

2 English horns

1

2 Eb Clarinets

2 Clarinets

3 Clarinets

3

Bassoons

2 Bass clarinets

1

Contrabassoon

3

1

4 Flutes

2 Flutes

4 Horns

Oboes

2 Eb Clarinets

1

English horn

3 Clarinets

1

Eb Clarinet

Bass clarinet

Contrabassoon

Horns 4 Trumpets 3 Trombones

1

Bass trumpet

3

6

Trombones

3

Trombones

1

Tuba

Contrabass trombone

1

Tuba

3

Timpani

3

Timpani

2

Piccolo

Alto

flute

2 Clarinets 1

Bass clarinet

3

Bassoons

1

Contrabassoon

4 Horns

8

Trumpets

I,

1

I

2 Cornets

Chloi,

2

English horn

4 Bassoons

10 Horns

Tuba

2 Piccolos

1

Bassoons

6 Trumpets

1

(1911)

1

2 Contrabassoons

1

(1906)

4 Oboes

et

Nos.

Suites

4 Trumpets 3 I

Trombones Tuba

4 Bayreuth tubas

6 Timpani

Bass

drum

Bass

drum

Cymbals

Cymbals

Triangle

Triangle

Snare

drum Tenor drum

Gong

Xylophone

4 Timpani Bass Drum

Bells

Mandoline

Cymbals

Harmonium

Snare

drum

Celesta

Tenor drum

Glockenspiel

Piano

Triangle

2 Harps

Organ

Tambourine

Gong

Castanets

Celesta

Antique cymbals

4 Harps

Gong Eoliphone Glockenspiel Celesta

2 Harps

Violin

I,

II

Violin

I,

Violin

II

I,

Violin

II

I,

II

Viola

Viola

Viola

Viola

Violoncello

Violoncello

Violoncello

Violoncello

Bass

Bass

Bass

Bass

4 Trumpets,

8-Part Chorus 3 4-Part Male Choruses 5 Solo Voices

3

Trombones

Chorus: S.A.T.B., off-stage off-stage

2 8-Part Choruses

Boys' Choir 8

32

Solo Voices

 

EVOLUTION OF THE MODERN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Stravinsky

HOLST

Strauss, R.

Respighi

Le

The

Eine Alpensinfonie

The Pines of Rome

(1918)

(1924)

Prin inte temp mps s Sacre du Pr

(1913)

(1916)

2 Piccolos

2 Piccolos (2nd Pice.

r

3rd

2 Flutes 1

English horn)

$

o o

alt.

Fl.)

2 Flutes (2nd

Alto flute

4 Oboes (4th Ob. alt.2nd

n

Planets

Fl. alt.

Alto

2 Piccolos

1

2 Flutes

2 Flutes

3

Oboes

(3rd

Ob.

alt.

2

Oboes

1

English horn

English horn)

flute)

2 Oboes

1

Heckelphone

Piccolo

2 Clarinets

1

English horn

1

English horn

3

Clarinets

1

1

Eb Clarinet

1

Bass oboe

1

Bass clarinet

2 Bassoons

3

Clarinets

3

Bassoons

1

1

Contrabassoon

3 Clarinets

2 Bass clarinets

(2nd Bs. 3

cl.

alt.

3rd CI.)

Bassoons

1

Bass clarinet

3

Bassoons

1

Contrabassoon

Bass clarinet

Contrabassoon

2 Contrabassoons (2nd

8

alt.

4th Bssn.)

Horns (7th-8th Hns.

alt.

D

Trumpet

4 Trumpets (4th Trpt. Bass trumpet)

Jo

m

3

Trombones

1

Tenor tuba

1

Bass tuba

4 Trombones 2 Tubas

4 Horns 3

3 1

Trumpets

Trombones Tuba

Trombones

Small Timpani

4 Timpani Bass

g O -

3>  

V3

(2 players)

drum

6 Timpani (2 players)

Bass

drum drum

Snare

Bass

Snare

Cymbals

3

drum

Timpani

drum

Cymbals

Cymbals

Cymbals

Small cymbals

Triangle

Triangle

Triangle

Tambourine

Tambourine

Gong

Tambourine

Cowbells

Gong

Antique cymbals

Bells

Wind-machine

Rattle

Giiiro

Glockenspiel

Thunder-machine

Gramophone record

Xylophone

Glockenspiel

Glockenspiel

Celesta

Celesta

Celesta

Organ

Organ

Piano

2 Harps

2 Harps

Organ Harp

Gong

Gong

I,

II

Violin

I,

Violin

II

I,

Violin

II

I,

II

Viola

Viola

Viola

Viola

Violoncello

Violoncello

Violoncello

Violoncello

Bass

Bass

Bass

Bass

12 Horns,

6

6-Part rt

4 Timpani Bass drum

Triangle

Violin

•n

alt.

3

alt.

2 Tubas

1

3 3

Horns (sth-8th Hns. 4 Tenor tubas) 4 Trumpets 8

4 Trumpets

2 Tubas)

1

6 Horns

Female Chorus,

2 Trumpets,

off-stage

2

1-

33

Trombones

Roman

Trumpets

(Buccine), off-stage

I

Trumpet

off-stage

 

THE INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA HlNDEMITH

4a Mater (Symphony)

Mathii (i934)

Fl. alt.

Piccolo)

T3

1

T3

O

C

(1940)

2 Flutes (2nd 2

Stravinsky Symphony in

Oboes

1

Piccolo

(alt.

3rd Flute)

Shostakovich Symphony No. 7, Leningrad

Bart6k

(1941)

(1943)

3

Flutes (3rd Fl.

alt.

Piccolo; 2nd Fl.

2 Flutes

2 Oboes

Alto

alt.

flute)

Concerto for Orchestra

1

Piccolo

2 Flutes

2

Oboes

1

English horn

2 Clarinets

2 Clarinets

2

Oboes

2 Bassoons

2 Bassoons

1

English horn Eb Clarinet (Alt. 3rd

2 Clarinets

Clarinet)

2 Bassoons

1 .

2 Clarinets 1

£

1

1

Bass clarinet

Contrabassoon

Bass clarinet

2 Bassoons 1

4 Horns 2 Trumpets 1

Trombones Tuba

2

Timpani

3

4 Horns 2 Trumpets 1

Trombones Tuba

3

Timpani

3

Contrabassoon

4 Horns 3

Trumpets

1

Trombones Tuba

5

Timpani

3

4 Horns 3

Trumpets

1

Trombones Tuba

3

Timpani

3

PQ

Bass

drum drum

Bass

drum drum

Snare

Snare

Bass

drum drum

Snare

1

Large cymbal

Cymbals

Cymbals

1

Small cymbal

Triangle

Triangle

Tambourine

Gong

Triangle

Gong

Glockenspiel

2 Harps

Xylophone Piano 2 Harps

Violin

I,

II

Violin

I,

Violin

II

I,

II

Violin

I, II

Viola

Viola

Viola

Viola

Violoncello

Violoncello

Violoncello

Violoncello

Bass

Bass

Bass

Bass

4 Horns, 3 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, 2nd Snare drum

ad libitum

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