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The birth of the orchestra : history of an institution, 1650-1815 / John Spitzer and Neal Zaslaw.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spitzer, John, 1945-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Orchestra--History.
- Orchestra.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 614 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, music
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
- System Details:
- text file
- 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
- The life and times of an eighteenth-century orchestra musician
- The birth of orchestration
- The meaning of the orchestra.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [553]-591) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.
- Other Format:
- Print version: The birth of the orchestra.
- ISBN:
- 0191513237
- 9780191513237
- Publisher Number:
- 99943322325
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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