The modern orchestra is a surprisingly recent invention. Bef the eight century a comp wrote f whatever pla happened t be avai in a parti town, a the sa piece might be performed by six musicians one week and twenty the next. Standard instrumentation arrived only when printed music began to circulate widely, because a publisher had to know exactly what he was selling. Once the parts were fixed on paper, the group that played them had to be fixed as well.

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