- ISBN: 9780486269030 | 0486269035
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 11/8/1991
The most influential work of its kind ever written, appraising the musical qualities and potential of over 60 commonly used stringed, wind, and percussion instruments. Includes 150 full-score musical examples from works by Berlioz, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, and others. Complete with Berlioz's chapters on the orchestra and on conducting. Foreword by Richard Strauss. Glossary.