. Modern orchestration and instrumentation : or, The art of instrumentation ; containing detailed descriptions of the character and peculiarities of all instruments and their practical employment. ,Herold, Offenbach, Lecocq, etc., and at times in dramatic situations requiring no such effects,being introduced without any special reason andseemingly only for the production of noise andbustle. In the scores of Rossini, Verdi, andMercadante these noisy instruments are employedvery frequently. GROUP IIT.—INSTRUMENTS OF PERCUSSION. 185 There is still another variety, Steel Cymbals,possessing a clear
. Modern orchestration and instrumentation : or, The art of instrumentation ; containing detailed descriptions of the character and peculiarities of all instruments and their practical employment. ,Herold, Offenbach, Lecocq, etc., and at times in dramatic situations requiring no such effects,being introduced without any special reason andseemingly only for the production of noise andbustle. In the scores of Rossini, Verdi, andMercadante these noisy instruments are employedvery frequently. GROUP IIT.—INSTRUMENTS OF PERCUSSION. 185 There is still another variety, Steel Cymbals,possessing a clear and penetrating tone, excel-lently adapted for bacchanalian scenes, and inaddition to these the very tiny little ancientGrecian Cymbals, tuned to high B flat and high F, which Berlioz has used in a very inge-nious manner in his dramatic symphony Romeoand Juliet. The exact manner in which Ber-lioz has employed them is shown in the follow-ing extract: —• EXTRACT FROM ROMEO AND JULIET DRAMATIC Mab Scherzo. Hector Berlioz. Grosse und Kleine Fldte. Oboe. (Large Flute, Piccolo and Oboe.) ClarinetteB. (Clarinet in B Hat.) Fagott. (Bassoon.) Becken hochB. (Cymbals HighB Hat.). ^ ..... .^....^ .................... ^^ ^-■■■^
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