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
A large ensemble of players of musical instruments, generally including the following sections: strings, made up of violins, violas and double basses; wind, subdivided into woodwind and brass; and percussion; plus, very often, a harp A symphony orchestra is capable of playing symphonies; a chamber orchestra is much smaller
A group of people who play different instruments and play togeter Having tring, brass, wind, and percussion, and the conductor They play all kinds of classical music, concerto, ballet, or opera
An orchestra is a large group of musicians who play a variety of different instruments together. Orchestras usually play classical music. the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. see also chamber orchestra, symphony orchestra
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
The orchestra or the orchestra seats in a theatre or concert hall are the seats on the ground floor directly in front of the stage. Instrumental ensemble of varying size and composition. Today the term orchestra usually refers to the traditional large Western ensemble of bowed stringed instruments with brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments, with several players to each string part. The development of the orchestra coincides with the early history of opera. A major antecedent of the modern orchestra was that of the mid-17th-century French court, especially as employed by Jean-Baptiste Lully; it was dominated by 24 bowed strings but also often included woodwind instruments. Trumpets, horns, and timpani were often added in the early 18th century and were standard by the time of Franz Joseph Haydn. During the 19th century there was a considerable expansion, particularly in the number and variety of wind and percussion instruments; some works called for well over 100 musicians. The symphony orchestra changed little in the 20th century. See also orchestration
(1) A group of musicians who play instrumental selections (2) The portion of the auditorium on the main floor that is closest to the musicians and the acting area
A large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including strings, woodwind, brass and percussion; the instruments played by such a group
An important kind of classical music ensemble More than half of a typical orchestra consists of string instruments (violins in particular), but orchestras also usually feature woodwinds, brass, and percussion instruments On occasion, orchestras will include a chorus and, rarely, electronic instruments, thus including all the instrument families
{i} band composed of musicians of many different instruments (usually including string and wind instruments); space reserved in front of a stage for musicians (Theatre)
(1) In the ancient Greek or Roman theatre, the circular (in Rome, semicircular) ground-level acting area in front of the stagehouse, or skene It was used primarily by the chorus (2) In modern theatre buildings, the main ground-level section of the audience, which usually slopes upward at the rear Distinct from the mezzanine and balconies and ordinarily containing the more expensive seats
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