- Orchestra - Wikipedia
Orchestras play a wide range of repertoire, including symphonies, opera and ballet overtures, concertos for solo instruments, and pit ensembles for operas, ballets, and some types of musical theatre (e g , Gilbert and Sullivan operettas)
- What are all the instruments in an orchestra? - Classic FM
The orchestra consists of four main families of instruments: strings, woodwind, brass and percussion There are plenty of optional extras, but you’ll find these four families in almost all orchestral music
- Orchestra | Classical, Symphonic Chamber | Britannica
Orchestra, instrumental ensemble of varying size and composition Although applied to various ensembles found in Western and non-Western music, orchestra in an unqualified sense usually refers to the typical Western music ensemble of bowed stringed instruments complemented by wind and percussion
- What Is an Orchestra? Instruments, Types, History and More
An orchestra is a group of instrumentalists who play together to create a coherent piece of music, mostly Classical music These instruments are typically a diverse assortment from the bowed string, woodwind, brass, and percussion families
- Classical Considerations: A Beginners Guide to the Orchestra . . .
To the untrained eye, an orchestra can look deceptively democratic: rows of musicians sitting in elegant arcs, each part of a serene collective In reality, an orchestra runs on one of the most precise hierarchies in the performing arts, a structure designed not for ego, but for the simple reaso
- ORCHESTRA | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
ORCHESTRA definition: 1 a large group of musicians who play many different instruments together and are led by a… Learn more
- Orchestra - New World Encyclopedia
An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, consisting of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion sections The term orchestra derives from the Greek name for the semicircular area in front of the ancient Greek stage reserved for the chorus in theatrical presentations
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