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Orchestra
Orchestra Or"ches*tra, n. [L. orchestra, Gr. ?, orig., the
place for the chorus of dancers, from ? to dance: cf. F.
orchestre.]
1. The space in a theater between the stage and the audience;
-- originally appropriated by the Greeks to the chorus and
its evolutions, afterward by the Romans to persons of
distinction, and by the moderns to a band of instrumental
musicians.
2. The place in any public hall appropriated to a band of
instrumental musicians.
3. (Mus.)
(a) Loosely: A band of instrumental musicians performing
in a theater, concert hall, or other place of public
amusement.
(b) Strictly: A band suitable for the performance of
symphonies, overtures, etc., as well as for the
accompaniment of operas, oratorios, cantatas, masses,
and the like, or of vocal and instrumental solos.
(c) A band composed, for the largest part, of players of
the various viol instruments, many of each kind,
together with a proper complement of wind instruments
of wood and brass; -- as distinguished from a military
or street band of players on wind instruments, and
from an assemblage of solo players for the rendering
of concerted pieces, such as septets, octets, and the
like.
4. (Mus.) The instruments employed by a full band,
collectively; as, an orchestra of forty stringed
instruments, with proper complement of wind instruments.
Meaning of Orchestras from wikipedia
- regions. The
Baroque orchestra ranged from
smaller orchestras (or ensembles) with one
player per part, to larger-scale
orchestras with many
players per...
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American orchestras. List of
symphony orchestras in the
United States Robert R. Faulkiner, "Career
Concerns and
Mobility Motivations of
Orchestra Musicians"...
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symphony orchestras that
includes orchestras with
established notability. The
orchestras of
Europe have a
separate list. A list of
youth orchestras can be...
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There were 1,224
symphony orchestras in the
United States as of 2014. Some U.S.
orchestras maintain a full 52-w****
performing season, but most are small...
- non-exhaustive list of
symphony orchestras in Europe. For
orchestras from
other continents, see List of
symphony orchestras.
Chamber Orchestra of
Europe European Medical...
- recordings.
Nearly all easy
listening orchestras are
studio orchestras. Some
famous easy
listening studio orchestras are the 101 Strings, the
Living Strings...
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Orchestras.
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Orchestras.
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Orchestras. Retrieved...
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Youth Orchestras. NYOS (The
National Youth Orchestras of Scotland) is the
flagship orchestra of Scotland.
Founded in 1979, it is a
symphony orchestra for...
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conductor who is also a
music teacher. Some
youth orchestras have been set up by
professional symphony orchestras, both as a
training ground for ****ure players...
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radio such
orchestras were numerous,
performing classical, po****r,
light music and jazz. However, in
recent decades,
broadcast orchestras have become...
