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Originally Posted by SSC
To me there's nothing better than just grabbing a lot of various orchestra scores (Brahms, Debussy, Ravel, Mozart, Hindemith, Bartok, etc) and seeing how it all works. It's very good if you can get a good recording, a score, and see how the different orchestra usages and setups actually sound in practice and you can take and compare ideas and stuff like this.
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I tried this with some John Williams scores I found online, and it was quite helpful, although difficult to take in all at once. I found myself asking, "What am I actually trying to get from this again?"
I also thought about trying an exercise where I listen to a piece and then try to re-score it for myself, therefore I'd have to break everything down and listen hard. What better way to learn to compose than to decompose?
So far I'm thinking it's either gonna be Adler or Blatter.
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The Blatter book is an excellent instrumentation text, but dubious for orchestration. The Adler book is decent as an orchestration text, but rather timid, uninformative, and "safe" on the subject of instrumentation.
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Thanks Flint, that makes my decision much easier.
Could you expand on what you mean by Blatter's book being "dubious for orchestration"? And what makes Adler's book better for orchestration?
Thanks.