Birth of the Orchestra History of an Institution, 1650-1815

Name: Birth of the Orchestra History of an Institution, 1650-1815
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ISBN: 9780198164340

ISBN-10: 0198164343

ISBN-13: 9780198164340

Edition: 2003

Authors: John Spitzer, Neal Zaslaw

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This book traces the emergence of the orchestra from 16th-century string bands to the "classical" orchestra of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and their contemporaries. Ensembles of bowed stringed instruments, several players per part plus continuo and wind instruments, were organized in France in the mid-17th century and then in Rome at the end of the century. The prestige of these ensembles and of the music and performing styles of their leaders, Jean-Baptiste Lully and Arcangelo Corelli, caused them to be imitated elsewhere, until by the late 18th century, the orchestra had become a pan-European phenomenon. Spitzer and Zaslaw review previous accounts of these developments, then proceed to a…

Book details

List price: $460.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/24/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 650
Size: 7.44" wide x 9.69" long x 1.61" tall
Weight: 3.586

John Spitzer teaches music history at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He is coauthor of The Birth of the Orchestra: History of an Institution, 1650-1815.




Introduction



Pre-orchestral Ensembles



Lully's Orchestra



Corelli's Orchestra



The Orchestra in Italy



The Orchestra in France



The Orchestra in Germany



The Orchestra in England



The Classical Orchestra



Placement, Seating, and Acoustics



Orchestral Performance Practices



Life and Times of the Orchestra Musician



The Birth of Orchestration



The Meaning of the Orchestra