Contents
| Part I | ||
| How the Orchestra is Constituted | ||
| Page | ||
| I. | Instruments Played with the Bow | 3 |
| II. | Wind-Instruments of Wood | 19 |
| III. | Wind-instruments of Brass | 30 |
| IV. | Other Instruments | 37 |
| V. | The Orchestral Score | 43 |
| Part II |
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| How the Orchestra is Used | ||
| VI. | General Principles | 61 |
| VII. | The Strings | 66 |
| VIII. | The Wood-Wind | 81 |
| IX. | The Brass and the “Battery” | 97 |
| X. | Qualities of Good Orchestration | 113 |
| XI. | Qualities of Orchestral Performance | 124 |
| Part III |
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| How the Orchestra is Directed | ||
| XII. | Development of the Conductor | 147 |
| XIII. | Functions of the Conductor | 164 |
| Part IV |
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| How the Orchestra Grew | ||
| XIV. | From Peri to Handel | 181 |
| XV. | From Haydn to Wagner | 198 |
| Part V |
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| How Orchestral Music Grew | ||
| XVI. | From Bach to Haydn | 217 |
| XVII. | From Beethoven to Richard Strauss | 226 |
| Index | 235 | |