Invention of the Orchestra

Juilliard415 The orchestra as we know it was an invention of the Baroque. The effect of a large group of instrumentalists doing precisely the same thing at the same time was so striking that many contemporaries commented on its sumptuous and dramatic sound. Two charismatic leaders, Jean-Baptiste Lully in Paris and Arcangelo Corelli in Rome, perfected this new phenomenon, using the resonant low pitch of A=392.