![]() ![]() It’s best to think of this task in terms of going back to the core (“pre-pianistic”) idea and rewriting, re-realizing that idea for orchestra. It makes you consider closely the similarities and differences between two contexts.There exists so much wonderful music in both piano and orchestral forms.Some orchestral composers write for piano first, others write directly for orchestra, while others still (perhaps most) sketch scores in a short-score format to begin with that is neither one nor the other. While composers use a variety of approaches, it will be most useful for us to focus on the first task: orchestrating from piano music. ![]() The several examples focus primarily on works that are well known in both the piano and orchestral repertoires, then end with my own orchestration of a piano piece by Bartók.
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