Lawson, C: Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra (Cambridge Companions to Music series)

This guide to the orchestra and orchestral life combines history and repertory with a practical bias, offering critical thought about the past, present and future of the orchestra as a sociological and an artistic phenomenon. It reflects many current discussions about the orchestra’s role in a changing society. It includes topics such as the art of orchestration, score-reading, conducting, international orchestras, recording, and becoming an orchestral musician, educator or informed listener.
Written by experts in the field, the book will be of academic and practical interest to a wide-ranging readership of music historians and professional or amateur musicians as well as an invaluable resource for all those contemplating a career in the performing arts. Click here for more Cambridge Instrumental guides; Click here to see Cambridge Composer guides