The Orchestra and How to Write for It
Researched Bibliographic Dossier
Verified edition data and a musicological research note prepared specifically for this work.
- Title
- The Orchestra and How to Write for It
- Author
- Frederick Corder
- Publisher
- Robert Cocks & Co.
- Place
- London
- Year
- 1895
- Language
- English
- Type
- Orchestration / composition manual
SCOPE & CONTENT
The Orchestra and How to Write for It is a historical teaching text in orchestration / composition manual, representing the conservatory-oriented theoretical practice of the nineteenth or early twentieth century. It is organized to move from definitions and worked examples toward increasingly complex compositional applications.
RESEARCH VALUE
The book is valuable for reconstructing historical pedagogy and terminology. Some rules reflect period conventions rather than universal theory, so modern analytical use benefits from comparison with later scholarship and current editions.
EDITION AND CONTENT
The curated record identifies the 1895 London edition used as the principal bibliographic anchor, together with publisher, language and document type. Search aliases include shortened and variant forms of both title and author so the item remains discoverable even when the physical filename is abbreviated.
RESEARCH VALUE
The book is valuable for reconstructing historical pedagogy and terminology. Some rules reflect period conventions rather than universal theory, so modern analytical use benefits from comparison with later scholarship and current editions.
- Catalogue completeness
- 6 / 10 core bibliographic fields