The Birth of the Orchestra —— History of an Institution, 1650-1815

----- 管弦乐队的诞生：1650-1815年乐器史

ISBN: 9780195189551 出版年：2004 页码：635 Spitzer, John Zaslaw, Neal Oxford University Press

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.