orchestra

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Kind of like the conductor of an orchestra is a vital member of the orchestra.

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(Ancient Greece, theater) A semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient Greek and Hellenistic theatres.

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The clearest senses and uses of orchestra gathered in one view.

noun

(Ancient Greece, theater) A semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient Greek and Hellenistic theatres.

noun

The area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit, immediately in front of and below the stage, sometimes (also) used by other performers.

noun

(music) A large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including some from strings, woodwind, brass and/or percussion; the instruments played by such a group.

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Core meanings and parts of speech for orchestra.

noun

(Ancient Greece, theater) A semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient Greek and Hellenistic theatres.

noun

The area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit, immediately in front of and below the stage, sometimes (also) used by other performers.

noun

(music) A large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including some from strings, woodwind, brass and/or percussion; the instruments played by such a group.

Example sentences

Kind of like the conductor of an orchestra is a vital member of the orchestra.

Demand for bassoonists shouldn't diminish anytime soon, the sound is a crucial part of a symphony orchestra.

It's a lot easier to complain that such-and-such symphony orchestra is going bankrupt than it is to figure out how to become successful and then help that same orchestra.

I have a particular hip-hop album on my phone that is an orchestra version of the original.

To do that, your orchestra will have to hire worse performers for now.

I'd rather attend an orchestra performance from the balcony than put a trumpet to my ear.

But about the final result of perceiving this orchestra - why am I in my brain and not anyone else's?

Every time I attempt to play the studio album, I hear the orchestra (live) version.

An orchestra has several of them, along with 50+ other instruments.

For the most part there will be more performances for a given work than all the recordings a single orchestra can record in it's life time.

Want to listen to a recording by Sydney's symphony orchestra?

I'll admit to being a sucker for a good orchestra, though.

Quote examples

Search "Gustav Mahler" and you get all of the recordings of his work, regardless of the orchestra or if it's in a compilation with other composers.

"Operation Orchestra" is an incredible talk which had a significant impact on me.

Kevin Bowyer will probably play an organ piece with much more skill and subtlety than "Mutant Orchestra" on "Classical Halloween Bach from the Dead", but guess which one ranks higher.

But what tech interviewers really do is interview a bassoon player, grill her on obscure points in jazz theory on paper, allow her to strum on "air guitar" but never actually letting her pick up an instrument, and in the unlikely event she passes, will later place her as an oboe player in an orchestra, figuring, close enough.