Principles of orchestration with musical examples drawn from his own works |
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B. Combination of wind and brass in octaves.
Doubling the horns in octaves by clarinets, oboes or flutes often 1 Trumpet/1 Horn (or 2 Horns) ]8.
8[2 Ob. or 2 Cl. or 2 Fl./1 Horn as well as 1 Ob. + 1 Cl./1 Horn]8;2 Fl.
+ 2 Cl./2 Horns]8.
replaces the combination
the upper octave which the trumpet is not capable of imparting.
If a single horn is used, the upper part is allotted to 2 clarinets,
2 oboes, or 2 flutes. But it there are two horns playing the lower
octave in unison, three or four wind instruments will be necessary
above, especially in forte passages:
are required, but in the top register two flutes will suffice.
Wood-wind instruments should not be used to double a trombone
in the octave above; trumpets are more suitable.
- * Snegourotchka [ILLUSTRATION]
Ob. + Cl./Horn.] 8.
- * Legend of Tsar Saltan, before 180 — [ILLUSTRATION]
Ob. + Cl./Ob. + Cl.]6/Horn/Horn]6]8.
Examples of doubling in octaves:
* Mention should also be made of mixed timbres (wood and brass) in progression in octaves.
- Mlada, Act III, beginning of Scene III — [ILLUSTRATION]
Trombone + Bass cl./Tuba + C-fag.]8.
- No 78 Mlada, Act III, after 25 — [ILLUSTRATION]
2 Cl. + 2 Horns + Trombone/Bass Cl. + 2 Horns + Trombone] 8
(low register). - No. 79. Mlada, Act III, before 35 — general unison.
Examples:
When it is desired to distribute the melody over three or four
octaves, it is difficult to achieve perfect balance of tone.
- * Shéhérazade, 4th movement, 15th bar after W — [ILLUSTRATION]
Picc./2 Fl. + 2 Ob./2 Trumpets]8.
- * Legend of Tsar Saltan 228 — [ILLUSTRATION]
Picc./2 Fl. + 2 Ob./Trumpet + Eng. horn]8.
Examples:
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