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Orchestras tripled in size in a century
A baroque band might number 20 players where a late romantic score needs 90 or more Bigger halls and louder instruments pushed the change, along with composers writing for larger forces. Woodwind sections gained doubling instruments and brass became chromatic. Publishing and ticket sales made large orchestras affordable in cities. It sits in Mondo's music collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.
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