Orchestra advances

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  • Orchestral advances
    • Baroque
      • continuo
        • melodic bass instrument (cello and Db)
        • harpsichord- harmony instrument
      • strings
      • woodwind (limited)
      • brass (without valves)
      • Corelli's Conerto Grosso
        • strings + continuo
    • Early Classical
      • continuo still used
      • Stamitz
        • larger orchestra provided by Mannheim Court
          • Symphony no.2
            • added trumpets
            • independent woodwind lines
            • tune first heard in strings but is then passed onto the oboe
            • opening shows Mannheim influence: Mannheim roller
          • woodwind would underpin the characteristic features: crescendos and rockets
      • some development
        • Empfindsam stlye
          • C.P.E Bach E minor
            • themes given to woodwind
              • provide variation
        • Haydn
          • Horn Signal
            • Horn has melody (theme)
            • extensive use of soloists
            • continuo could be used- less necessary
    • Mature Classical
      • Haydn
        • added more instruments
          • 104
            • clarinets
            • timpani
            • woodwind and brass still limited in range as they drop out quite a lot
          • Mozart no.40
            • independent use of ww and brass
      • movement to a larger orchestra
        • Beethoven
          • no.5
            • expansion of brass to include more horns
            • introduction of trombones, piccolo and contrabassoon
    • Late Romantic
      • Rise in programmatic music
        • new forms: symphonic poem
          • reflect widening woodwind palette
            • Liszt Les Preludes
              • tuba and bass trombone
                • invention of valves allowed a much freer use of ww and brass
                  • composers took full advantage of
                    • Tchaikovsky's Symphony Pathetique + Dvorak no.9
              • flutes, oboes, clarinets and bassoons
              • instrumentation become more important
                • larger audiences-larger orchestras
                • Changes in mood
          • Smetana Ma Vlast- woodwind play lyrical melody in Vlatva
        • larger audiences
          • Berlioz Symphonie Fantastque
            • instruments used to depict scenes
            • Eb clarinet (idée fixe)
            • request for 467 players
              • impact
          • rise in public concerts
    • Early Romantic
      • similar size orchestra to Beethoven
        • Mendelssohn 'Italian'
          • Conservative in orchestration
          • woodwind and brass have a more prominent role
            • contrast with woodwind and horn in mvt 3 trio

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