Good Books on Orchestration?
  • Susdem
    Posts: 10
    Hi all,

    I have some talented trumpet players in the parish. I also have some talented string players. I would like to write some instrumental parts incorporating both for some Masses of Thankgiving that we will be having in May (a parish son and a seminarian assigned to our parish are both being ordained in May). I've written a ton of string parts so feel very comfortable writing parts for just strings but am new to doing anything for trumpets or anything that would include both so am looking for some good books on orchestration. Any suggestions?

    Thanks in advance.

    Susan
  • CHGiffenCHGiffen
    Posts: 5,275
    Walter Piston's book "Orchestration" was always my go-to source for orchestration. It's been scanned and is available at:

    https://hugoribeiro.com.br/area-restrita/Piston-Orchestration.pdf