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The birth of the orchestra : history of an institution, 1650-1815 /

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 practices in Europe and the American colonies, c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Spitzer, John, 1945-
Otros Autores: Zaslaw, Neal, 1939-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Colección:OUP E-Books.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • The life and times of an eighteenth-century orchestra musician
  • The birth of orchestration
  • The meaning of the orchestra.