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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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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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American orchestras. List of
symphony orchestras in the
United States Robert R. Faulkiner, "Career
Concerns and
Mobility Motivations of
Orchestra Musicians"...
- many
conductors is
conducting amateur orchestras, such as
youth orchestras,
school orchestras and
community orchestras. A
small number of
conductors become...
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Orchestras.
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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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instruments used,
especially in
orchestras, grew larger; a
process that
climaxed in the
early 20th
century with very
large orchestras used by late
romantic and...
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musicians who
focused on
later styles. The
Ellington and
Count Basie orchestras recorded together with the
album First Time! The
Count Meets the Duke...
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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...
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union membership was
compulsory for
players in
British orchestras.
Jackson left the
orchestra in 1958 and was
succeeded by
Geoffrey Gilbert, whom The...
