A New Treatise of Instrumentation by François-Auguste Gevaert - 1885

A New Treatise of Instrumentation By François-Auguste Gevaert, English Edition Translated by E. F. E. Suddard, Published by Henry Lemoine & Co. (undated, circa 1885). ---- Hard Bound with marbled boards, 11.5 x 8.5 inches, Ex-Library with the usual stamps and markings, in this case vintage and unassuming near the front matter. The book is clean, binding tight and secure, no stains, no rips, no edge chipping. General surface wear from age, use, storage and handling. Please review pictures for greater detail. Free USA Shipping ---- François-Auguste Gevaert (1828-1908) was a Belgian musicologist and composer. Though during his lifetime Gevaert's own music enjoyed considerable success in Belgium (it included no fewer than a dozen operas, two of which were Quentin Durward and Le Capitaine Henriot), it is now forgotten, save for some of his choral pieces, which have recently been issued on CD by the Fuga Libera label. Nowadays he is mostly remembered, even in his native land, less as a composer than as a teacher, historian, and lecturer. His many prose writings include a Treatise on Instrumentation (still sometimes used today), a book on harmony, and a Vade Mecum for organists. Gevaert's "New Treatise on Instrumentation," (1885) was translated into German (by Riemann), Russian (by Tchaikovsky), English (by Suddard) and Portuguese, and declared 'a monument of universal knowledge'.