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<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>List of Plates</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>xii</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>List of Figures</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>xiii</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>List of Tables</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>xv</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>List of Documents</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>xvi</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>List of Music Examples</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>xvii</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Abbreviations</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>xix</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Introduction</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>1</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(36)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The lyre of Orpheus</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The etymology of ``orchestra''</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The evolutionary taxonomy of the orchestra</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The history of orchestral instruments</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Orchestral size and balances</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The history of orchestration</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The social history of the orchestra</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Plan of the book</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Pre-orchestral Ensembles</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>37</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(33)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Ensembles for intermedii</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Table music</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Ensembles for court operas and masques</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Ensembles in the theater</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Polychoral ensembles for sacred music</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>French string bands</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Toward the orchestra</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Lully's Orchestra</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>70</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(35)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The Lully myth</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Organization and institutions</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Scoring and instrumentation</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Performance practice</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Repertory</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The Lully myth (2)</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Corelli's Orchestra</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>105</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(32)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Roman ensembles before Corelli</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Corelli's career</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Venues and performances</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Instrumentation and balances</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The organization of Corelli's orchestra</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The Repertory of Corelli's orchestra</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>The Orchestra in Italy</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>137</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(43)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Voices and instruments in Italian opera</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The size and shape of opera orchestras</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Orchestras for oratorios and serenatas</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Church orchestras</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Concert orchestras</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Instruments for orchestras</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Training orchestra musicians</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>The Orchestra in France</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>180</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(33)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The decline of orchestral music at court</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The orchestra at the Opera</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Orchestras in the theaters of Paris</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The Concert Spirituel</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Private and public concert orchestras</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Orchestras in the French provinces</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>The Orchestra in Germany</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>213</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(50)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Courts and Kapellen</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The German Lullists</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The transformation of German Kapellen</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Court orchestras: duties and venues</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Court orchestras: organization</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Civic orchestras</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Bach's orchestras</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The Stuttgart orchestra</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The Mannheim orchestra</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>The Orchestra in England</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>263</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(43)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Patronage and the public</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The King's Musick</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The birth of the orchestra</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The decline of the King's Musick</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Theater orchestras</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Orchestras at the pleasure gardens</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Orchestras in concert</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Amateur orchestras</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Provincial orchestras</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>The Classical Orchestra</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>306</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(37)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Orchestral instruments</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Internal organization</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The size of the classical orchestra</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Balances and proportions: ideal orchestras</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Balances and proportions: real orchestras</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The orchestral consensus</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The end of the classical orchestra</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Placement, Seating, and Acoustics</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>343</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(27)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Orchestras in balconies</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Orchestras in the pit</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Orchestras on the floor</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The orchestra on stage</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Placement and the acoustics of the orchestra</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Orchestras, acoustics, and musical style</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Orchestral Performance Practices</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>370</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(66)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Bowing and articulation</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Tuning and intonation</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Improvised ornamentation</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Rehearsal</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Leadership</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The ideology of orchestral performance practice</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>The Life and Times of an Eighteenth</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Century Orchestra Musician</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>398</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(38)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The Esterhazy Kapelle</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The London marketplace</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Emilia</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Romagna: a regional market for musicians</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Vienna in transition</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Civic music in Leipzig</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Conclusions</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>The Birth of Orchestration</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>436</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(71)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Orchestral effects</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Effects of unity and grandeur</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Effects of variety and nuance</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Contexts for orchestral effects</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The theory of orchestration</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>The Meaning of the Orchestra</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>507</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(46)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Early metaphors of the orchestra</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The orchestra as a civil polity</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The orchestra and the army</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Mechanism vs. organism</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Art and nature</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>A web of metaphors</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>APPENDICES</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>A. Sample orchestras, 1754--1759</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>534</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(3)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>B. Sample orchestras, 1773--1778</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>537</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(5)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>C. Sample orchestras, 1791--1796</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>542</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(6)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>D. Sample orchestras, 1808--1818</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>548</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(5)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Bibliography</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>553</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(40)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Index</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>593</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>

xviii, 614 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, music ; 26 cm

Traces the emergence of the orchestra from 16th-century string bands to the "classical" orchestras of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and their contemporaries

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