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The Art of Cor Anglais

3rd Edition©2005 Geoffrey Browne

Table of Contents
music text


page page
Berg Lulu 37 50
Berlioz La Damnation de Faust 9 40
Berlioz Rob Roy Overture 5 39
Berlioz Roman Carnival 8 40
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique 6 39
Bizet Carmen 25 46
Britten Nocturne 38 50
Debussy La Mer 24 45
Debussy Three Nocturnes 20 45
Donizetti Anna Bolena 2 39
Dvorák New World Symphony (No.9) 17 43
de Falla The Three Cornered Hat 32 48
Franck Symphony in D minor 9 41
Mahler Kindertotenlieder 27 47
Mahler Rückert Lieder 26 46
Rachmaninov The Bells 35 49
Ravel Piano Concerto in G major 33 49
Ravel Mother Goose 32 49
Ravel Rapsodie Espagnole 34 49
Respighi The Pines of Rome 19 44
Rodrigo Guitar Concerto 23 45
Rossini The Silken Ladder 3 39
Rossini William Tell 4 39
Shostakovich 8th Symphony 30 47
Shostakovich 10th Symphony 31 48
Sibelius The Swan of Tuonela 28 47
Strauss, R. Ein Heldenleben 18 44
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring 36 49
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet 16 43
Verdi A Masked Ball 15 43
Verdi The Willow Song from Otello 14 43
Wagner Das Rheingold 13 42
Wagner Die Walküre 12 42
Wagner Siegfried 13 42
Wagner Tristan Act III 10 41


Reeds   50
The Sling   51
Circular Breathing How to do it 51
Historical Notes   52
Notes for Composers   52
Middle D, A-flat / Low E, E-flat, D / Low B flat   53
Water in the Octave Key   53
Intonation   54
Transposition   55
Acoustics and Recording   56
The Performing Artist   57
Breathing   58
No Air on the A string Developing the concept 59
Glossary   62

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