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The Birth of the Orchestra: History of an Institution, 1650-1815.(Book Review)
The Birth of the Orchestra: History of an Institution, 1650-1815. By John Spitzer and Neal Zaslaw. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. [xviii, 614 p. ISBN0-19-816434-3. $175.] Music examples, illustrations, bibliography, index.
In their preface to this monograph, the authors mention that it took fifteen years to complete. The sheer heft of the tome gives one the sense before ever opening its cover that a comprehensive treatment of the subject is contained in its 600-plus pages, and it does not disappoint.
After a brief introductory essay which, through consideration of the varied instrumental forces used to depict or accompany staged presentations ...
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- Magazine article from: Florida Trend Dunnigan, Pat February 1, 2002 700+ words
...of a $400,000 debt the orchestra had been carrying for several...covered more than half of the orchestra's costs. An ambitious 50th...ears," Flaum says. The orchestra's demise was made more acute...that is forcing a shakeout of institutions that haven't kept up with...
- Minnesota Orchestra finds leader: Englishman Henson named president, CEO.
- Newspaper article from: Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN) September 22, 2007 700+ words
...Henson, whose British orchestra has hosted Minnesota Orchestra music director Osmo...turning around troubled institutions. At Belfast's Ulster Orchestra, he stabilized finances...from the Smithsonian Institution's Hirshhorn Museum...
- The Philadelphia Orchestra and MAGPI at University of Pennsylvania Select...
- Press release article from: Business Wire November 30, 2006 700+ words
...The Philadelphia Orchestra will have conducted...applications to area institutions since 1999 through...The Philadelphia Orchestra and LifeSize on...of the leading orchestras in the world through...outreach. The Orchestra annually touches...connectivity to its member institutions in ...
- Orchestras on the brink? Financial woes in some cities force a rethink of the...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor November 29, 2001 700+ words
...Several symphony orchestras in North America face...the Boston Symphony Orchestra. "We were sold out...problems in certain orchestras." Budget woes are...of a 19th-century institution playing largely classical...the Toronto Symphony Orchestra was looking immediate...
- Minnesota Orchestra on the road to reputation.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Peiken, Matt February 6, 2004 700+ words
...beckon in the orchestra's new relationship...for an arts institution of this magnitude...attesting to any orchestra's greatness. Few orchestras in the world...nation's "Orchestra on Wheels...great American orchestras, Minnesota...
- Orchestra's free seating boosts Mann attendance.
- Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) September 4, 2007 700+ words
...221 listeners heard the orchestra each night it played in...slightly improved at the orchestra's other regular summer...a similar program was an institution for several generations until the orchestra changed and ended it a decade...
- Maestro Lorin Maazel Commands the First Performance of Qatar Philharmonic...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 30, 2008 700+ words
...around the world comprise the orchestra which will be based permanently...concert, Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra will perform from a wide range...Qatar wants to build its own institutions" Dr. Saif Al Hajari, Vice...Doha to play in this unique orchestra." Dr Saif continued. The...
- Minnesota Orchestra on the road to reputation.
- Newspaper article from: Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN) February 6, 2004 700+ words
...beckon in the orchestra's new relationship...for an arts institution of this magnitude...attesting to any orchestra's greatness. Few orchestras in the world...nation's "Orchestra on Wheels...great American orchestras, Minnesota...
Source: HighBeam Research, The Birth of the Orchestra: History of an Institution,...