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Partly because the performance spaces at the time were relatively small and couldn't fit many people, and partly because a number of instruments now in use hadn't been invented yet, or still existed in a more primitive form.
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∙ 6y ago
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∙ 7y agoPart of the reason is that several modern orchestral instruments hadn't been developed or invented yet. String sections had to grow later in order to balance to the later addition of winds and brass.
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