History of an Institution 1650 - 1815
Author: John Spitzer & Neal Zaslaw
Publisher: Oxford University Press
640 Pages | numerous halftones, tables, line drawings and musical examples
247x189mm
ISBN: 9780195189551
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.