THE ORCHESTRA

INTRODUCTION

In ancient Rome around the 5th century BC., the term Orchestra appears for
the first time as the space destined for dancers, musicians and singers in open-air
stages. Historically the term appears again towards the seventeenth century in the
Italian operas. The Italians suggest the term for the group of musicians that
accompanied these operas. The orchestra comes to consolidate in the classical
period thanks to composers such as Beethoven, Mozart and Haydn, among others.
It is in this period that it acquires the instrumentation and the form with which it is
currently known. During the nineteenth century the instrumentation was perfected
and there are changes in the scenic disposition and the organization of each of the
sections.