The first edition (1981) of Anatomy of the Orchestra, Norman Del Mars renowned treatise and study of orchestral practice, sold out within a year of its publication. Del Mar (1919-1994), a distinguished conductor and musicologist, was recognised as one of the greatest authorities on the orchestra in his lifetime. Written not only for fellow conductors, players, students, and professional musicians, Anatomy of the Orchestra is also for everyone interested in the performance of orchestral music. Its tremendous fun just reading from cover to cover . The chapter on horns doesnt fail to embrace water-emptying, or the perils of seating them in front of percussion - vibrations shoot up backward-turned bells and shiver the players lips; and who needs be any longer at a loss for a term for any type of snare drum in any of four languages? Tempo