The Birth of the Orchestra: History of an Institution, 1650-1815 by John Spitzer, Neal Zaslaw

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

John Spitzer, Neal Zaslaw

614 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction art history music challenging informative medium-paced
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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, repertories, and performance pract...

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