The Birth of the Orchestra
History of an Institution, 1650-1815
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 29 April 2004
- ISBN 9780198164340
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages650 pages
- Size 252x195x41 mm
- Weight 1682 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 16pp halftone plates, numerous line drawings & music examples 0
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Short description:
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, concluding around 1800 with the widespread awareness of the orchestra as a central institution in European life.
MoreLong description:
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 thoroughgoing documentation and discussion of orchestral organization, instrumentation, and social roles in France, Italy, Germany, England, and the American colonies. They also examine the emergence of orchestra musicians, idiomatic music for orchestras, orchestral performance practices, and the awareness of the orchestra as a central institution in European life.
This is a most substantial book, with a long detailed text, massive bibliography and references, generous illustrations, copious tables, graphs and backup statistics, interesting music examples in the penultimate chapter, full index, and appendices centering on the second half of the 18th century. It will remain a major work on its subject.
Table of Contents:
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
