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Definition of orchestra
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Orchestra
(n.)
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..
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Concertmeister
::
Concertmeister
(n.) The head
violinist
or
leader
of the
strings
in an
orchestra;
the
sub-leader
of the
orchestra;
concert
master.
Concerto
::
Concerto
(n.) A
composition
(usually
in
symphonic
form with three
movements)
in which one
instrument
(or two or
three)
stands
out in bold
relief
against
the
orchestra,
or
accompaniment,
so as to
display
its
qualities
or the
performer's
skill..
Parquet
::
Parquet
(n.) A body of seats on the floor of a music hall or
theater
nearest
the
orchestra;
but
commonly
applied
to the whole lower floor of a
theater,
from the
orchestra
to the dress
circle;
the pit..
Leader
::
Leader
(n.) A
performer
who leads a band or choir in
music;
also, in an
orchestra,
the
principal
violinist;
the one who plays at the head of the first
violins..
Instrument
::
Instrument
(v. t.) To
perform
upon an
instrument;
to
prepare
for an
instrument;
as, a
sonata
instrumented
for
orchestra..
Orchestra
::
Orchestra
(n.) The place in any
public
hall
appropriated
to a band of
instrumental
musicians.
Orchestra
::
Orchestra
(n.) The
instruments
employed
by a full band,
collectively;
as, an
orchestra
of forty
stringed
instruments,
with
proper
complement
of wind
instruments..
Melodrama
::
Melodrama
(n.)
Formerly,
a kind of drama
having
a
musical
accompaniment
to
intensify
the
effect
of
certain
scenes.
Now, a drama
abounding
in
romantic
sentiment
and
agonizing
situations,
with a
musical
accompaniment
only in parts which are
especially
thrilling
or
pathetic.
In
opera,
a
passage
in which the
orchestra
plays a
somewhat
descriptive
accompaniment,
while the actor
speaks;
as, the
melodrama
in the
gravedigging
scene of
Beethoven's
Fidelio..
Conductor
::
Conductor
(n.) The
leader
or
director
of an
orchestra
or
chorus.
Arrangement
::
Arrangement
(n.) A piece so
adapted;
a
transcription;
as, a
pianoforte
arrangement
of
Beethoven's
symphonies;
an
orchestral
arrangement
of a song, an
opera,
or the
like..
Opera
::
Opera (n.) A
drama,
either
tragic
or
comic,
of which music forms an
essential
part; a drama
wholly
or
mostly
sung,
consisting
of
recitative,
arials,
choruses,
duets,
trios,
etc., with
orchestral
accompaniment,
preludes,
and
interludes,
together
with
appropriate
costumes,
scenery,
and
action;
a lyric
drama..
Orchester
::
Orchester
(n.) See
Orchestra.
Ophicleide
::
Ophicleide
(n.) A large brass wind
instrument,
formerly
used in the
orchestra
and in
military
bands,
having
a loud tone, deep
pitch,
and a
compass
of three
octaves;
-- now
generally
supplanted
by bass and
contrabass
tubas..
Serpent
::
Serpent
(n.) A bass wind
instrument,
of a loud and
coarse
tone,
formerly
much used in
military
bands,
and
sometimes
introduced
into the
orchestra;
-- so
called
from its
form..
Trumpet
::
Trumpet
(n.) A wind
instrument
of great
antiquity,
much used in war and
military
exercises,
and of great value in the
orchestra.
In
consists
of a long
metallic
tube,
curved
(once or
twice)
into a
convenient
shape,
and
ending
in a bell. Its scale in the lower
octaves
is
limited
to the first
natural
harmonics;
but there are
modern
trumpets
capable,
by means of
valves
or
pistons,
of
producing
every tone
within
their
compass,
although
at the
expense
of the true
ringing
quality
of
tone..
Cornet
::
Cornet
(n.) A brass
instrument,
with
cupped
mouthpiece,
and
furnished
with
valves
or
pistons,
now used in
bands,
and, in place of the
trumpet,
in
orchestras.
See
Cornet-a-piston..
Concertante
::
Concertante
(n.) A
concert
for two or more
principal
instruments,
with
orchestral
accompaniment.
Also
adjectively;
as,
concertante
parts..
Capelle
::
Capelle
(n.) The
private
orchestra
or band of a
prince
or of a
church.
Orchestra
::
Orchestra
(n.)
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..
Pit
::
Pit (n.)
Formerly,
that part of a
theater,
on the floor of the
house,
below the level of the stage and
behind
the
orchestra;
now, in
England,
commonly
the part
behind
the
stalls;
in the
United
States,
the
parquet;
also, the
occupants
of such a part of a
theater..
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