This is the story of the orchestra, from 16th-century string bands to the "classical" orchestra of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Spitzer and Zaslaw document orchestral organization, instrumentation, social roles, repertoires, and performance practices in Europe and the American colonies,
concluding around 1800 with the widespread awareness of the orchestra as a central institution in European life.
1. Introduction
2. Pre-orchestral Ensembles
3. Lully's Orchestra
4. Corelli's Orchestra
5. The Orchestra in Italy
6. The Orchestra in France
7. The Orchestra in Germany
8. The Orchestra in England
9. The Classical Orchestra
10. Placement, Seating, and
Acoustics
11. Orchestral Performance Practices
12. Life and Times of the Orchestra Musician
13. The Birth of Orchestration
14. The Meaning of the Orchestra
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John Spitzer is Professor and Chair of Music History at San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
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