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• Principles of Orchestration, With Musical Examples Drawn From His Own Works (2 volumes in 1; New York: E. F. Kalmus Orchestral Scores, n.d.), by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, ed. by Maksimilian Shteĭnberg, trans. by Edward Agate (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The history of orchestration (K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & co., ltd. [etc.];, 1925), by Adam Carse (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The evolution of modern orchestration (The Macmillan Company, 1908), by Louis Adolphe Coerne (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise upon modern instrumentation and orchestration : containing an exact table of the compass, a detail of the mechcanism, and a study of the quality of tone, and expressive character of various instruments; accompanied by numerous examples in score, from the works of the greatest masters, and from some unpublished works of the author. New ed., rev., cor., augmented by several ... chapters on newly-invented instruments, and on the whole art of the orchestral conductor (Novello, Ewer and co. ;, 1858), by Hector Berlioz and Mary Cowden Clarke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instrumentationslehre (C. F. Peters, 1905), by Hector Berlioz and Richard Strauss (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Choral orchestration (H.W. Gray, 1920), by Cecil Forsyth and Walter Henry Hall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Orchestration (Macmillan, 1929), by Cecil Forsyth (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Nouveau traité d'instrumentation (Lemoine & fils, 1885), by F. A. Gevaert (page images at HathiTrust)
• Project lessons in orchestration (O. Ditson, 1928), by Arthur Edward Heacox (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nicolas Rimsky-Korsakov. Principles of orchestration, with musical examples drawn from his own works ("Édition russe de musique", 1922), by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Edward Agate, and Maximilian Steinberg (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Principles of orchestration, with musical examples drawn from his own works (E.F. Kalmus Orchestra Scores, 1933), by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov and Maksimilian Shteĭnberg (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The principles of wind-band transcription. (C. Fischer, 1921), by Arthur A. Clappé (page images at HathiTrust)
• The modern band: a treatise on wind instruments, symphony band and military band. (C. C. Birchard & company, 1935), by Stanislao Gallo (page images at HathiTrust)
• Histoire de l'instrumentation depuis le seizième siècle jusqu'à nos jours. (Firmin-Didot et cie, 1878), by Henri Lavoix (page images at HathiTrust)
• Practical orchestration (C. C. Birchard & company, 1939), by Arthur Olaf Andersen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Grande trattato di instrumentaione e d'orchestrazione moderne (G. Ricordi & C., 1912), by Hector Berlioz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Cours méthodique d'orchestration (H. Lemoine & cie., 1890), by F. A. Gevaert (page images at HathiTrust)
• Études sur un orchestre au XVIIIme siècle: l'instrumentation chez les symphonistes de La Pouplinière, oeuvres musicales de Gossec, Schencker, et Gaspard Procksch. (Fischbacher, 1913), by Georges Cucuël and Alexandre Jean Joseph Le Riche de La Popelinière (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The orchestra ... (Augener & co., 1898), by Ebenezer Prout (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise on modern instrumentation and orchestration ... to which is appended the Chef d'Orchestre ... (Novello and company, limited;, 1890), by Hector Berlioz and Mary Cowden Clarke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Practical manual of instrumentation (The Boston music company ;, 1918), by Gaston Borch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Basic orchestration manual (W.C. Brown Co., 1953), by Lyle Downey and Harold M. Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
• A course of instruction in instrumentation (Breitkopf and Härtel, 1899), by Salomon Jadassohn and Harry P. Wilkins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Populäre Instrumentationslehre mit genauer Beschreibung der Eigenthümlichkeiten jeden Instrumentes, sowie einer Anleitung zum Dirigiren, bearbeitet und durch viele Notenbeispiele erläutert. (L. Oertel, 1883), by Henri Kling (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prof. H. Kling's Modern orchestration and instrumentation; or, The art of instrumentation; containing detailed descriptions of the character and peculiarities of all instruments and their practical employment ... (C. Fischer, 1905), by Henri Kling and Gustav Saenger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Elementary orchestration (G. Wahr, 1929), by Samuel Pierson Lockwood (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instrumentation. (Novello, Ewer, 1902), by Ebenezer Prout (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Katechismus der Musikinstrumente (kleine Instrumentationslehre) (M. Hesse, 1897), by Hugo Riemann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nicolas Rimsky-Korsakov. Principles of orchestration, with musical examples drawn from his own works ("Édition russe de musique", 1923), by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Edward Agate, and Maximilian Steinberg (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The orchestral instruments and what they do; a primer for concert-goers. (The H.W. Gray co., sole agents for Novello & co., ltd., 1909), by Daniel Gregory Mason (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die neue Instrumentation (M. Hesses, 1928), by Egon Wellesz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The technique of the modern orchestra; a manual of practical instrumentation (J. Williams, limited;, 1906), by Charles-Marie Widor and Edward F. E. Suddard (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Katechismus der Orchestrierung (Anleitung zum Instrumentieren) (Hesse, 1902), by Hugo Riemann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Handbuch der Orchestrierung (Anleitung zum Instrumentieren). (Hesses Verlag, 1921), by Hugo Riemann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catechism of musical instruments; guide to instrumentation (Augener & co.;, 1890), by Hugo Riemann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lehrbuch der Instrumentation (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1889), by Salomon Jadassohn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Method of instrumentation : how to write for the orchestra and arrange an orchestral or band score... (W. Reeves, 1926), by Edwin Evans (page images at HathiTrust)
• Orchestration (Macmillan and co., limited [etc.], 1914), by Cecil Forsyth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instrumentationslehre (C. F. Peters, 1904), by Hector Berlioz and Richard Strauss (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Practical instrumentation for school, popular, and symphony orchestras (G. Schirmer, 1923), by Franklin P. Patterson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The orchestral instruments and what they do; a primer for concert-goers. (Baker & Taylor Co., 1909), by Daniel Gregory Mason (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instrumentation. (Novello, Ewer and co.;, 1877), by Ebenezer Prout (page images at HathiTrust)
• Histoire de l'instrumentation (Forni, 1878), by Henri Marie François Lavoix (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise upon modern instrumentation and orchestration; containing an exact table of the compass, a detail of the mechanism, and a study of the quality of tone, and expressive character of various instruments; accompanied by numerous examples in score, from the works of the greatest masters, and from some unpublished works of the author. New edition, revised, corrected augmented by several ... chapters on newly-invented instruments, and on the whole art of the orchestral conductor. (J.A. Novello, 1856), by Hector Berlioz and Mary Cowden Clarke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die instrumentation der Meistersinger von Nürnberg von Richard Wagner. Ein beitrag zur instrumentationslehre (Deutsche verlagsactiengesellschaft, 1907), by Eugen Thomas (page images at HathiTrust)
• A practical guide to the arrangement of band music. (J.F. Stratton & co., 1875), by G. F. Patton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Elementar-Lehrbuch der Instrumentation. (Breitkopf und Härtel, 1880), by Ebenezer Prout and Bernhard Bachur (page images at HathiTrust)
• The orchestra (Augener, 1897), by Ebenezer Prout (page images at HathiTrust)
• Treatise on harmony, counterpoint, instrumentation and orchestration : with an appendix treating upon the instrumentation of military bands (J.W. Pepper, 1886), by T. H. Rollinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instrumentationslehre nach den Bedürfnissen der Gegenwart. Fasslich dargestellt (C. Merseburger, 1885), by Franz Ludwig Schubert (page images at HathiTrust)
• The elements of musical composition and thorough-base: together with rules for arranging music for the full orchestra and military bands. (C.H. Keith, 1844), by I. B. Woodbury and Friedrich Schneider (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prácticas preparatorias de instrumentación; enderezadas á saber preparar la partitura y á escribir con propiedad las voces y los instrumentos (J. Gili, 1902), by Felipe Pedrell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Plain directions for scoring for small or septett bands, containing concise instructions for arranging orchestral music, the compass and capabilities of the different instruments, illustrations of the various modes of scoring &c. &c. intended as a work of instruction for the amateur, and student, and of reference and assistance to the professor (Boosey & Co., in the 1870s), by S. Deshayes Saunders (page images at HathiTrust)
• An introduction to form and instrumentation for the use of beginners in composition. (Rivingtons, 1879), by William Alexander Barrett (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instrumentationslehre; ein vollsständiges Lehrbuch zur Erlangung der Kenntniss aller Instrumente und deren Anwendung, nebst einer Anleitung zur Behandlung und Direction des Orchesters. (C.F. Peters, 1903), by Hector Berlioz and Alfred Dörffel (page images at HathiTrust)
• The orchestra and how to write for it. A practical guide to every branch and detail of modern orchestration: including full particulars of all instruments now in use and rules for their combination. With numerous exercises and over two hundred useful examples from modern works. The whole forming an indispensable manual for conductors and composers. (R. Cocks & co.;, 1896), by Frederick Corder (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dans les propylées de l'instrumentation (La Librairie néerlandaise, 1908), by Émile Ergo (page images at HathiTrust)
• "Harmonie et fanfare" à l'usage des exécutants (A. Leduc, 1892), by P. Clodomir (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbuch der modernen Instrumentirung für Orchester und Militär-Musikcorps ... (C. F. Kahnt nachfolger, 1903), by Ferdinand Gleich (page images at HathiTrust)
• Traité pratique d'instrumentation (A. Durand et fils, 1892), by Ernest Guiraud (page images at HathiTrust)
• Noten- & Partiturbeispiele zu H. Kling's Populärer Instrumentationslehre (L. Oertel, 1883), by Henri Kling (page images at HathiTrust)
• Praktische instrumentationslehre (Dörffling & Franke, 1893), by Richard Hofmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Logier's comprehensive course in music, harmony, and practical composition (C. Fischer, 1920), by Johann Bernhard Logier, Hector Berlioz, and Carl Stein (page images at HathiTrust)
• Traité théorique et pratique d'instrumentation pour harmonies et fanfares (Goumas, in the 1880s), by Émile Étesse (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rukovodstvo k instrumentovki͡e (P. I͡Urgenson, 1901), by F. A. Gevaert and Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky (page images at HathiTrust)
• Harmony and instrumentation. The principles of harmony, with practical instruction in arranging music for orchestras and military bands. (A. Squire, 1883), by Oscar Coon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Instrumentirung für das Orchester : oder Nachweisungen über alle bei demselben gebräuchliche Instrumente, um dafür wirkungsvoll und ausführbar komponiren zu können (H. Wagenführ's Buch- und Musik-Handlung, 1828), by Augustin Sundelin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbuch der modernen Instrumentirung für Orchester und Militair-Musikcorps, mit Berücksichtigung der kleineren Orchester sowie der Arrangements von Bruchstücken grösserer Werke für dieselben und der Tanzmusik. (C.F. Kahnt, in the 1860s), by Ferdinand Gleich (page images at HathiTrust)
• ... The practical band arranger; a systematic guide for thorough self-instruction (C. Fischer, 1911), by L. P. Laurendeau (page images at HathiTrust)
• The orchestra. (Augener & Co., 1899), by Ebenezer Prout (page images at HathiTrust)
• Orchestration (Macmillan, 1949), by Cecil Forsyth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le matériel sonore des orchestres de symphonie, d'harmonie et de fanfares, ou Vade mecum du compositeur, suivi d'une échelle acoustique permettant de calculer très facilement la longueur théorique de tous les instruments à vent à un diapason quelconque (Mahillon & co., 1897), by Victor-Charles Mahillon (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise upon modern instrumentation and orchestration; containing an exact table of the compass, a detail of the mechanism, and a study of the quality of tone, and expressive character of various instruments; accompanied by numerous examples in score, from the works of the greatest masters, and from some unpublished works of the author. (Ditson, 1860), by Hector Berlioz and Mary Cowden Clarke (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise on instrumentation; a practical guide to orchestration. (T. Presser Co., 1880), by Ebenezer Prout (page images at HathiTrust)
• Principles of orchestration, with musical examples drawn from his own works (Edwin F. Kalmus, 1912), by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov and Maksimilian Shteĭnberg (page images at HathiTrust)
• The orchestra (Augener & co., 1899), by Ebenezer Prout (page images at HathiTrust)
• The military band (Novello and company, limited;, 1912), by George John Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
• A handbook of orchestration (K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & co., ltd.;, 1921), by Florence G. Fidler (page images at HathiTrust)
• L'orchestrazione nella sua essenza, nella sua evoluzione e nella sua tecnica : manuale ad uso degli allievi di compozione e dei cultori delle discipline musicali (U. Hoepli, 1920), by Vittorio Ricci and Ebenezer Prout (page images at HathiTrust)
• Partiturkenntniss, ein Leitfaden zum Selbstunterricht für angehende Tonsetzer. (Groos, 1838), by F. S. Gassner (page images at HathiTrust)
• The elements of musical composition and thoroughbase: together with rules for arranging music for the full orchestra and military bands. (C.H. Keith, 1845), by I. B. Woodbury (page images at HathiTrust)
• Traité général d'instrumentation : exposé méthodique des principes de cet art dans leur application à l'orchestre, à la musique d'harmonie et de fanfares, etc. (Gevaert, 1863), by F. A. Gevaert (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbuch der Musikinstrumente : (kleine Instrumentationslehre) (Max Hesses Verlag, 1919), by Hugo Riemann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Principles of orchestration, with musical examples drawn from his own works (Édition russe de musique, 1912), by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Edward Agate, and Maksimilian Oseevich Shteĭnberg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Grosse Instrumentationslehre : mit Anhang, Der Dirigent, zur Theorie seiner Kunst (Breitkopf und Härtel, 1904), by Hector Berlioz and Felix Weingartner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prof. H. Kling's modern orchestration and instrumentation; or, The art of instrumentation; containing detailed descriptions of the character and peculiarities of all instruments and their practical employment, rev. and enl. by the author and tr. from the original German ed. (C. Fischer, 1902), by Henri Kling and Gustav Saenger (page images at HathiTrust)
• The military band: how to form, train, and arrange for reed and brass bands. (Rudall, Carte, 1896), by Samuel Charles Griffiths (page images at HathiTrust)
• Principles of orchestration : with musical examples drawn from his own works (Kalmus, 1912), by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Edward Agate, and Maksimilian Oseevich Shteĭnberg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cours théorique et pratique d'instrumentation et d'orchestration, à l'usage des sociétés de musique instrumentale : harmonies and fanfares. (A. Leduc, 1905), by Th Dureau (page images at HathiTrust)
• Populäre instrumentationslehre, oder die kunst des instrumentierens mit genauer beschreibung der eigentümlichkeiten aller instrumente, nebst einer anleitung zum dirigieren (L. Oertel, 1888), by Henri Kling (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Technik des Klarvierauszugs (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1911), by Karl Grunsky (page images at HathiTrust)
• The evolution of modern orchestration (AMS Press, 1979), by Louis Adolphe Coerne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Traité de la partition, ou, Guide servant, sans maitre, a l'instruction des jeunes compositeurs ou de ceux qui désirent apprendre à arranger, à lire la partition, ou se former directeurs d'orchestres ou de musiques militaires (Richault, 1851), by F. S. Gassner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Practical instrumentation (Augener ;, 1893), by Richard Hofmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catechism of musical instruments : guide to instrumentation ; Catechism of musical history (Augener, in the 1890s), by Hugo Riemann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instrumentationslehre : Ein vollständiges lehrbuch zur erlangung der kenntniss aller instrumente und deren anwendung, nebst einer anleitung zur behandlung und direction des orchesters ... (G. Heinze, 1875), by Hector Berlioz and Alfred Dörffel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Neue Instrumenten-Lehre, von F.A. Gevaert ... ins Deutsche übers. von dr. Hugo Riemann ... (O. Junne; [etc., etc.], 1887), by F. A. Gevaert and Hugo Riemann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Technique de l'orchestre moderne, faisant suite au Traité d'instrumentation et d'orchestration de H. Berlioz (H. Lemoine, 1904), by Charles-Marie Widor and Hector Berlioz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Instrumentationslehre : ein vollständige Lehrbuch zur Erlangung der Kenntniss aller Instrumente und deren Anwendung, nebst einer Anleitung zur Behandlung und Direction des Orchesters (Peters, 1881), by Hector Berlioz and Alfred Dörffel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lehrbuch der Instrumentation, von S. Jadassohn. (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1907), by Salomon Jadassohn (page images at HathiTrust)
• The military band: how to form, train, and arrange for reed and brass bands (Rudall, Carte & Co., 1896), by Samuel Charles Griffiths (page images at HathiTrust)
• Principles of orchestration, with musical examples drawn from his own works (Edition russe de musique, 1912), by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Histoire de l'instrumentation : [depuis le seizième siècle jusqu'a nos jours] (Forni, 1972), by Henri Lavoix (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Logier's comprehensive course in music, harmony, and practical composition. (J. White, 1888), by J. B. Logier, Hector Berlioz, and Carl Stein (page images at HathiTrust)
• The practical band arranger ; a systematic guide for thorough self-instruction. (C. Fischer, 1919), by L. P. Laurendeau (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instrumentationslehre. Ergänzt und revidiert von Richard Strauss. (C. F. Peters, 1905), by Hector Berlioz and Richard Strauss (page images at HathiTrust)
• A manual of orchestration, designed especially to enable amateurs to follow intelligently the performance of orchestral music. (J. Curwen & sons, ltd., 1888), by Hamilton Clarke and George Oakey (page images at HathiTrust)
• The orchestra (Augener, 1898), by Ebenezer Prout (page images at HathiTrust)
• A new treatise on instrumentaion (H. Lemoine & co;, 1906), by F. A. Gevaert and Edward F. E. Suddard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Partiturbeispiele zu Hector Berlioz Grosse Instrumentationslehre (Druck und Verlag von Breitkopf & Härtel, 1904), by Hector Berlioz and Felix Weingartner (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Scoring for an orchestra. (Vincent, 1897), by Charles Vincent (page images at HathiTrust)
• A manual of orchestration, designed especially to enable amateurs to follow intelligently the performance of orchestral music. (J. Curwen & sons, ltd., 1893), by Hamilton Clarke and George Oakey (page images at HathiTrust)
• The orchestra (Augener & Co., 1899), by Ebenezer Prout (page images at HathiTrust)
• Technique de l'orchestre moderne : faisant suite au Traité d'instrumentation et d'orchestration de H. Berlioz (H. Lemoine, 1925), by Charles-Marie Widor (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The orchestra. (Scholarly Press, 1972), by Ebenezer Prout (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Handbuch der Orchestrierung : (Anleitung zum Instrumentieren) (M. Hesse, 1919), by Hugo Riemann (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise on modern instrumentation and orchestration (dedicated to Frederick William IV, king of Prussia) to which is appended The chef d'orchestre (Novello and company, ltd., 1904), by Hector Berlioz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Instrumentenlehre (G.J. Göschen, 1909), by Franz Mayerhoff (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Instrumentation der Meistersinger von Nürnberg von Richard Wagner : ein Beitrag zur Instrumentationslehre. (K. F. Heckel, 1899), by Eugen Thomas (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instrumentationslehre : ein vollständige Lehrbuch zur Erlangung der Kenntniss aller Instrumente und deren Anwendung, nebst einer Anleitung zur Behandlung und Direction des Orchesters : mit 65 Notentaflen und 192 in den Text gedruckten Notenbeispielen (Peters, 1898), by Hector Berlioz and Alfred Dörffel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Études sur un orchestra au XVIIIme siècle: L'instrumentation chez les symphonistes de La Pouplinière (Fischbacher, 1913), by Georges Cucuël (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ėtudes sur un orchestre au XVIIIme Siècle: L'instrumentation chez les symphonistes de La Pouplinière, Oeuvres musicales de Gossec, Schencker et Gaspard Procksch. (Fischbacher, 1913), by Georges Cucuël (page images at HathiTrust)
• A practical guide to the modern orchestra (Macmillan and Co., Limited [etc.], 1926), by James Lyon (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Grammaire musicale, ou, Méthode d'accompagnement, d'orchestration & de composition : cours complet (En vente chez tous les editeurs et marchands de musique et chez l'auteur, 1910), by Ernest Gouarne (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Manuale del capo-musica. Trattato di strumentazione per banda ... (G. Ricordi, 1908), by Amintore Galli (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• J. W. Pepper's practical guide and study to the secret of arranging orchestra music; or, The amateur's guide. (J. W. Pepper, 1906), by William Henry Dana and inc J.W. Pepper and son (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der physikalische Orchester-klang und das Clarin : mit zwei Übersichtstafeln (Druck von Hermann Brücker, 1909), by Gustav Gnädig (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbuch der Musikinstrumente : (kleine Instrumentationslehre) (Max Hesses Verlag, 1920), by Hugo Riemann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Evolution of Modern Orchestration, by Louis Adolphe Coerne (Gutenberg ebook)
• Principles of Orchestration, with Musical Examples Drawn from His Own Works, by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, ed. by Maksimilian Shteĭnberg, trans. by Edward Agate (Gutenberg ebook)

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