Orchestral Performance Practices in the Nineteenth Century

• List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgments1. IntroductionPart One: Eighteenth-Century Precedents: From Baroque to Classic2. Constitution of the Orchestra in the Eighteenth Century3. Size and Numbers in the Eighteenth-Century Orchestra4. Eighteenth-Century Seating Plans5. Conducting in the Eighteenth CenturyPart Two: The Emerging Conductor and His Changing Forces6. Conducting as a Métier 7. New Sonorities: The Romantic Orchestral PalettePart Three: Size, Numbers, and proportions in the Nineteenth-Century Orchestra8. Expansion-Ideas and Reactions9. Some Particular Nineteenth-Century Orchestras10. Relative Strengths and ProportionsPart Four: Seating in the Nineteenth Century11. Principles of Seating12. Concert Seating Plans13. Seating in the Church14. Opera Seating15. Festival Seating16. Summary of Seating PracticesPart Five: Nineteenth-Century Music and Current Performance Practices17. Toward a "Standard" Orchestra18. PostscriptNotesBibliographyName IndexSubject Index

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