Kent Kennan (1913-2003) was an American composer and Professor Emeritus of Music at The University of Texas at Austin.

Donald Grantham is an award-winning composer and the Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Centennial Professor of Music at the University of Texas at Austin.

Textbook

Chapter 1: Introduction / Chapter 2: The Strings / Chapter 3: The String Orchestra / Chapter 4: Bowing and Special Effects / Chapter 5: The Woodwinds / Chapter 6: The Woodwind Section / Chapter 7: The Horn / Chapter 8: The Trumpet, Trombone, and Tuba / Chapter 9: The Brass Section / Chapter 10: Scoring Chords for Each Section and for Orchestra / Chapter 11: Problems in Transcribing Piano Music / Chapter 12: Scoring for Woodwinds, Horns, and Strings / Chapter 13: The Percussion: Instruments of Definite Pitch / Chapter 14: The Percussion: Instruments of Indefinite Pitch / Chapter 15: The Harp, Celesta, and Piano / Chapter 16: Scoring for Full Orchestra / Chapter 17: Special Devices / Chapter 18: Infrequently Used Instruments / Chapter 19: Scoring for High School Orchestra / Chapter 20: Preparing Score and Parts / Chapter 21: Nonorchestral Instrumental Groups / Appendix A: List of Foreign Names for Instruments and Orchestral Terms / Appendix B: Ranges of Instruments / Appendix C: Electronic Instruments / Appendix D: Vocal and Choral Range / Bibliography / Index

Workbook

STRINGS / J. S. Bach, (harmonization) WAS FRAG ICH NACH DER WELT / CRUSADERS' HYMN / J. S. Bach, (harmonization) AUS TIEFER NOT / J. S. Bach, SARABANDE from the First French Suite / Exercises in Bowing; Use of Alto and Tenor Clefs (selected fragments) / Exercises in Bowing; Use of Alto and Tenor Clefs (selected fragments) / Mozart, SONATA IN B-flat MAJOR, third movement / Exercise in Error Detection (strings) based on TRÄUMEREI from SCENES FROM CHILDHOOD / Brahms, ROMANZE, Op. 118, No. 5 / Beethoven, SONATA, Op. 10, No. 3 / Schumann, PAPILLONS, No. 5 / Mennin, ARIA, from FIVE PIANO PIECES / Exercises in Writing Multiple Stops / Beethoven, SONATA, Op. 13 (for writing multiple stops) / Exercises in Reading and Notating String Harmonics / Vaughan Williams, FANTASIA ON "GREENSLEEVES," score study / WOODWINDS / Exercises in Notating Transposing Woodwinds (selected fragments) / Exercises in Error Detection (woodwinds) based on Haydn SONATA in D / Schubert, SONATA, Op. 122, first movement / Kuhlau, SONATINA, Op. 55, No. 4, second movement / Beethoven, SONATA, Op. 2, No. 3, third movement / Bartók, No. 21 from LITTLE PIECES FOR CHILDREN, Vol. 1 / J. S. Bach (harmonization), CHRISTUS, DER 1ST MEIN LEBEN / Hindemith, FUGA SECUNDA in G, from LUDUS TONALIS / BRASS / Conversion of Parts for Horns and Trumpets in Various Keys to Concert Pitches / J. S. Bach, (harmonization) O HAUPT VOLL BLUT UNO WUNDEN / AMERICA / Morley, DAMON AND PHILLIS from CANZONETS OR LITTLE SHORT AIRS TO FIVE AND SIX VOICES / Grieg, SAILOR'S SONG / Schumann, WAR SONG, from ALBUM FOR THE YOUNG / Mussorgsky, PROMENADE, from PICTURES FROM AN EXHIBITION / Bartók, FOLK SONG, No. 8 from TEN EASY PIECES for piano / Bartók, CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA, second movement, score study / SCORING OF CHORDS / Chords for Orchestra, score study / For woodwinds in pairs; for full woodwind section; for brass; for strings / For "average" orchestra; for large orchestra / For woodwinds in pairs; for brass; for woodwinds in pairs and two horns / For "average" orchestra; for large orchestra / PROBLEMS IN TRANSCRIBING PIANO MUSIC / Transcribing Piano Music for Orchestra, score study / Rearrangement of pianistic figures (selected fragments) / Beethoven, SONATA, Op. 10, No. 3, first movement / Beethoven, SONATA, Op. 22, first movement / SCORING FOR WOODWINDS, HORNS, AND STRINGS / Scoring for Woodwinds, Horns and Strings, score study / Beethoven, SONATA, Op. 90, first movement / Tchaikovsky, AT CHURCH, from ALBUM FOR THE YOUNG / Chopin, NOCTURNE, Op. 55, no 1 (fragment to be scored four ways) / Beethoven, SONATA, Op. 27, No. 1, fourth movement / Brahms, VARIATIONS AND FUGUE ON A THEME BY HANDEL, Var. X / Kabalevsky, SONATINA, Op. 13, No. 1 / PERCUSSION / Schumann, IMPORTANT EVENT, from SCENES FROM CHILDHOOD (timpani part) / Kavalevsky, PRELUDE 24 from 24 PRELUDES (percussion parts) / Prokofiev, MARCH from THE LOVE OF THREE ORANGES (percussion parts) / HARP / Kennan, Harp Exercises (rewriting enharmonically) / Kennan, Harp Exercises (rewriting, setting pedals for glissandos) / ORCHESTRA / Bartek, No. 12 from FIFTEEN HUNGARIAN PEASANT SONGS / CRUSADERS' HYMN / Exercise in Error Detection (orchestra) / Bartek, No. 1 from FIFTEEN HUNGARIAN PEASANT SONGS / Schumann, FANTASIA, Op. 17 / MacDowell, A DESERTED FARM / Tcherepnine, FANTASIA, Op. 17 / Grieg, NOTTURNO, Op. 54, No. 4 / Schubert, SONATA, Op. 143, first movement / Copland, HEART, WE WILL FORGET HIM from EIGHT SONGS OF EMILY DICKINSON / Kennan, Exercises in Scoring in the Styles of Debussy and Strauss / J. S. Bach, FUGUE VII from THE WELL TEMPERED CLAVIER, Book II / Brahms, RHAPSODY, Op. 79, No. 1 / Griffes, THE WHITE PEACOCK from THREE ROMAN SKETCHES / Rochberg, BAGATELLE 8 from TWELVE BAGATELLES / Prokofiev, MARCH, Op. 12, No. 1 / SCORING FOR HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA / Debussy, GOLLIWOGG'S CAKE WALK, from THE CHILDREN'S CORNER