The Birth of the Orchestra: History of an Institution, 1650-1815 – John Spitzer and Neal Zaslaw (2004) This book traces the emergence of the orchestra from 16th-century string bands to the ‘classical’ orchestra of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and their contemporaries.
Concert Life in London from Mozart to Haydn – Simon McVeigh (1993) A history of music in London during the second half of the eighteenth century, a period which saw the establishment of the public concert.
