American line-up
A certain seating arrangement of a symphony orchestra is described as an American arrangement . The most important difference between the American setup and the German setup is the arrangement of the violins : In the American setup, the second violins sit next to the first violins, the other string sections follow from left to right.
The American line-up has established itself in many orchestras around the world. The German constellation is still popular, however, especially for works in historical performance practice . The Madison Symphony Orchestra has recently switched to the German line-up.
literature
- Michael Dickreiter , Volker Dittel, Wolfgang Hoeg, Martin Wöhr (eds.): Manual of the recording studio technology . 8th edition. tape 1 . de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-028978-7 , p. 330 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).