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orchestra
(encz) | orchestra,orchestr n: Zdeněk Brož |
Orchestra
(gcide) | 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. Now commonly called orchestra pit, to
distinguish it from the section of the main floor occupied
by spectators.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. The space in the main floor of a theater in which the
audience sits; also, the forward spectator section of the
main floor, in distinction from the parterre, which is
the rear section of the main floor.
[PJC]
3. The place in any public hall appropriated to a band of
instrumental musicians.
[1913 Webster]
4. (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.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Mus.) The instruments employed by a full band,
collectively; as, an orchestra of forty stringed
instruments, with proper complement of wind instruments.
[1913 Webster] |
orchestra
(wn) | orchestra
n 1: a musical organization consisting of a group of
instrumentalists including string players
2: seating on the main floor in a theater |
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orchestrate
(mass) | orchestrate
- inštrumentovať, organizovať |
chamber orchestra
(encz) | chamber orchestra, n: |
dance orchestra
(encz) | dance orchestra, n: |
orchestra
(encz) | orchestra,orchestr n: Zdeněk Brož |
orchestra pit
(encz) | orchestra pit, |
orchestral
(encz) | orchestral,orchestrální adj: Zdeněk Brož |
orchestral bells
(encz) | orchestral bells, n: |
orchestras
(encz) | orchestras,orchestry n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
orchestrate
(encz) | orchestrate,instrumentovat [hud.] Martin M.orchestrate,organizovat Martin M. |
orchestrated
(encz) | orchestrated,zorganizovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
orchestrating
(encz) | orchestrating, |
orchestration
(encz) | orchestration,instrumentace n: Zdeněk Brožorchestration,orchestrace n: Zdeněk Brož |
orchestrator
(encz) | orchestrator,skladatel hudby orchestru Zdeněk Brož |
string orchestra
(encz) | string orchestra, n: |
symphony orchestra
(encz) | symphony orchestra,symfonický orchestr Zdeněk Brož |
orchestrace
(czen) | orchestrace,instrumentationn: Zdeněk Brožorchestrace,orchestrationn: Zdeněk Brož |
orchestra circle
(gcide) | Parquet circle \Parquet circle\
That part of the lower floor of a theater with seats at the
rear of the parquet and beneath the galleries; -- called
also, esp. in U. S., orchestra circle or parterre.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
orchestra pit
(gcide) | 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. Now commonly called orchestra pit, to
distinguish it from the section of the main floor occupied
by spectators.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. The space in the main floor of a theater in which the
audience sits; also, the forward spectator section of the
main floor, in distinction from the parterre, which is
the rear section of the main floor.
[PJC]
3. The place in any public hall appropriated to a band of
instrumental musicians.
[1913 Webster]
4. (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.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Mus.) The instruments employed by a full band,
collectively; as, an orchestra of forty stringed
instruments, with proper complement of wind instruments.
[1913 Webster] |
Orchestral
(gcide) | Orchestral \Or"ches*tral\, a.
Of or pertaining to an orchestra; suitable for, or performed
in or by, an orchestra.
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orchestrate
(gcide) | orchestrate \orchestrate\ v. t.
1. to write an orchestra score for; -- of a musical
composition.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. To be the chief coordinator of (an activity requiring
action by more than one person); to organize and
coordinate.
Syn: mastermind, engineer, direct, organize.
[WordNet 1.5] |
orchestrated
(gcide) | orchestrated \orchestrated\ adj.
1. Arranged for performance by an orchestra; -- of a musical
composition.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. Coordinated to achieve a maximal effect; -- of actions of
a group.
[PJC] |
Orchestration
(gcide) | Orchestration \Or`ches*tra"tion\, n. (Mus.)
The arrangement of music for an orchestra; orchestral
treatment of a composition; -- called also instrumentation.
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chamber orchestra
(wn) | chamber orchestra
n 1: small orchestra; usually plays classical music |
dance orchestra
(wn) | dance orchestra
n 1: a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing
[syn: dance band, band, dance orchestra] |
orchestra
(wn) | orchestra
n 1: a musical organization consisting of a group of
instrumentalists including string players
2: seating on the main floor in a theater |
orchestra pit
(wn) | orchestra pit
n 1: lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra
accompanies the performers [syn: orchestra pit, pit] |
orchestral
(wn) | orchestral
adj 1: relating to or composed for an orchestra; "orchestral
score" |
orchestral bells
(wn) | orchestral bells
n 1: a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated
metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers
[syn: glockenspiel, orchestral bells] |
orchestrate
(wn) | orchestrate
v 1: write an orchestra score for
2: plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the
robbery" [syn: mastermind, engineer, direct,
organize, organise, orchestrate] |
orchestrated
(wn) | orchestrated
adj 1: arranged for performance by an orchestra |
orchestration
(wn) | orchestration
n 1: an arrangement of a piece of music for performance by an
orchestra or band
2: the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and
assigning parts to the different musical instruments [syn:
orchestration, instrumentation]
3: an arrangement of events that attempts to achieve a maximum
effect; "the skillful orchestration of his political
campaign" |
orchestrator
(wn) | orchestrator
n 1: an arranger who writes for orchestras |
string orchestra
(wn) | string orchestra
n 1: an orchestra playing only stringed instruments |
symphony orchestra
(wn) | symphony orchestra
n 1: a large orchestra; can perform symphonies; "we heard the
Vienna symphony" [syn: symphony orchestra, symphony,
philharmonic] |
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