<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (September 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (September 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Baroque orchestra is the type of large ensemble for mixed instruments that existed during the Baroque Era of Western Classical music, commonly identified as 1600--1750 . Baroque orchestras are typically much smaller, in terms of the number of performers, than Romantic music era orchestras from the 1800s . Baroque orchestras originated in France where Jean - Baptiste Lully added the newly re-designed hautbois (oboe) and transverse flutes to his vingt - quatre violons du Roy (this translates as "The twenty - four violins of the King"). As well as violins and woodwinds, the baroque orchestra contained basso continuo instruments such as the theorbo, lute, harpsichord and / or pipe organ . </P> <P> In the Baroque period, the orchestra was not standardised in size . There were large differences in size, instrumentation and playing styles--and therefore orchestral soundscapes and palettes--between the various European regions . The' Baroque orchestra' ranged from smaller orchestras (or ensembles) with one player per part, to larger scale orchestras with many players per part . Examples of the smaller variety were Bach's orchestras, for example in Koethen where he had access to an ensemble of up to 18 players . Examples of large scale Baroque orchestras would include Corelli's orchestra in Rome which ranged between 35 and 80 players for day - to - day performances, being enlarged to 150 players for special occasions . </P>

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