How the Orchestra Grew
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Have a little read: ... How the Orchestra Grew The grouping together of instruments of various kinds to form an orchestra first came about in the early 1600's. The first orchestras were haphazard collections of bowed and plucked strings and various types of wind instrument together with a keyboard instrument such as the harpsichord. Often, a composer would include whatever musicians were available to him at the time, and so the number of players and types of instruments would vary considerably from one composition to another. Late 17th to mid 18th century Strings mainly used, but flute, recorders, oboes, bassoon, perhaps horns and occasionally trumpets and kettledrums were used to accompaniment the strings. A constant feature used in this time was the harpsichord continuo - the player 'continuing' throughout the music to fill out the harmonies and to hold the ensemble together. Mid 19th century Towards the end of the 18th century, the woodwind section was invented. This included the
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