Channel: David Bruce Composer

Category: Music

Description: Why is orchestra the way it is? Why are some instruments in and some instruments out? Where are the electric guitars, synthesisers, saxophones, accordions? Why are there so many violins; and who pays for it all? And why has the line up not changed for 100 years ? Has it reached some state of perfection or just a dead end? In short, what's the history of the orchestra, more or less? SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ON PATREON patreon.com/davidbruce MERCH Beethoven's Fifth in Midi Roll T-shirt david-bruce-composer.creator-spring.com/listing/beethovens-fifth-midi?product=389&variation=100020 New 'Harmonic Series' T-shirt and the 'Big Notes' design teespring.com/en-GB/stores/david-bruce-composer Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/davidbruce Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/davidbrucecomposer David Bruce Composer Spotify Playlist: tinyurl.com/y798swcy My 2nd YouTube Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCHjcEVdMjIOOlVhtTRq4sDw Discord: discord.gg/nWjsZ7hN RESEARCH Indebted to this great book, The birth of the Orchestra amazon.co.uk/Birth-Orchestra-History-Institution-1650-1815/dp/0195189558 Octavio Más-Arocas: Fearless Programming: Invigorating the american orchestral tradition through new music etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_etd/send_file/send?accession=bgsu1467125862&disposition=inline Steven Lee Winteregg: The future of the Symphony based upon its historical development etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_olink/r/1501/10?p10_etd_subid=138549&clear=10 NY Phil Performance Data ericwilliamlin.com/NYPhil_data_viz Too many clips to list, but a few notables: David Bruce: Night Parade - sadly I'm not currently allowed to release the full recording of my 'Night Parade' (heard at the end), perhaps we can persuade the LA Phil to perform it 😜 If you're really keen you can listen to it on my patreon! Monteverdi Orfeo: youtube.com/watch?v=pYUGVnfwDcE Stamitz Symphony in C (the two flutes clip) youtube.com/watch?v=C7etRJWU0fQ Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique youtube.com/watch?v=ChOZAmgF-nA Wagner Götterdämmerung (final scene) youtube.com/watch?v=AIVHw3_7X-E Fanny Mendelssohn Overture in C youtube.com/watch?v=SX1-wNcrzsk Haydn Symphony no.104 youtube.com/watch?v=hjy2DJjf7tc Lully Phaeton youtube.com/watch?v=mJkoQjyy8YQ Haydn Symfony no 6 Le Matin youtube.com/watch?v=qwGQELUJnfs