Constitution and rules of the Toronto Philharmonic Society

By Toronto Philharmonic Society

A rainbow of sound

By Herbert Kupferberg

Introduces the instruments of the orchestra and discusses their use in symphonic works.

You can't be timid with a trumpet

By Betty Lou English

A well-known conductor and seventeen men and women from nine well-known orchestras discuss their individual instruments.

A voice from the pit

By Richard Temple Savage

A note yet unsung

By Tamera Alexander

A master violinist trained in Vienna, Rebekah Carrington manages to wheedle her way into an audition with the newly formed Nashville Philharmonic. But women are "far too fragile and frail" for the...

The orchestra

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Orchestral conducting

By Adam Von Ahn Carse

The orchestra speaks

By Bernard Shore

Orchestral performance practices in the nineteenth century

By Daniel J. Koury

Alligators and music

By Donald Elliott

Introduces four categories of instruments: string, woodwind, brass, and percussion, and their inter-relationship in an orchestra.