Individual case studies of instrumentation in the masterpieces from 1960-2010.

Orchestration Textbooks:

1. The Study of Orchestration and the Workbook, second edition, by Samuel
Adler

2. The Technique of Orchestration and the Workbook, fifth edition, by Kent Kennan and Donald Grantham

3. Orchestration, by Cecil Forsyth


Scores for Case Study (in the order of appearance):

György Ligeti, String Quartet No. 2(1968)/Atmosphere (1961)
Krzysztof Penderecki: Threnody (1960)/Fluorescenes (1962)
György Ligeti: Lux Aeterna
Arnold Schoenberg: Five Orchestral Pieces, Op. 16
Luciano Berio: “O King” from Sinfonia (1968)
Witold Lutoslawski: Venetian Games, Mov. 3(1961)/Concerto for Orchestra, Mov. 2
Witold Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 3(1983), selected movement
Witold Lutoslawski: Prelude and Fugue for 13 Strings (1977)
John Corigliano, Symphony No. 1(1980)/Clarinet Concerto (1977)
Steven Albert, RiverRun Symphony (1983)/Into Eclipse (1980)
John Corigliano: Symphony No. 2(2000)
Christopher Rouse: Trombone Concerto (1993)
Steven Stucky: Son et lumiere (1988)/Dreamwaltzes (1986)
Joseph Schwantner: Magabunda (1979)/Aftertones of Infinity (1979)
Steven Stucky: Second Concerto for Orchestra(2005)