... with two pipes, percussion and string instruments as the lyre which also coloured musically the poems of epic poets like Homer. It was in 534 B.C. that perhaps the most important stage in the creation of drama was reached with Thespis, who invented an actor who conversed with the leader of the chorus, and by his reports of events occurring off the ... stage could provide the chorus with materials for fresh songs in new scenes. Through the addition of a second actor (by Aeschylus) and a third (by Sophocles), the representation was made possible of a ... plays are seven tragedies by Aes...

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INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA STRINGS The family of instruments which makes up the string section has survived three centuries in its role as the foundation of the orchestra. It comprises violins, usually divided into "Firsts" and "Seconds", violas, violincellos, normally called cellos, and double basses. They're played by drawing a bow over four stretched strings ... B-flat clarinet has a fluid tone and wide-ranging agility; although descended from an ancient pipe, the chalumeau, it uses an advanced key-system like that of the flute. OBOE Shakespeare's stage directions call for 'hautboys', t...

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