Look up: orchestra

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   orchestra
   Latin, meaning: theater space reserved for the Senate / senators
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   Orchestra
   in ancient Greek, 'dancing place'; circular dancing area for the chorus in the Greek theater); the area between the skene and the slope where the spectators sat.
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   Orchestra
   1) The musicians who provide the musical backing to a show. 2) The ground floor seating in an auditorium. Also Stalls.
   Found on http://www.dramatic.com.au/glossary/glos
   
   
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   orchestra
   [n] - instrumentalists including string players 2. [n] - seating on the main floor in a theater
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   Orchestra
   Or'ches·tra noun [ Latin orchestra , Greek ..., orig., the place for the chorus of dancers, from ... to dance: confer French 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. ...
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   orchestra
   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. Loosely: A band of ...
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   orchestra
   noun seating on the main floor in a theater
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   orchestra
   noun a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players
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   Orchestra
   An `orchestra` is an instrumental ensemble, usually fairly large with string, brass, woodwind sections, and possibly a percussion section as well. The term `orchestra` derives from the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus. The orchestra grew by accretion throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but changed very little in composition during the course of the twentieth century. A smaller orc...
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    Orchestra
    • (n.) The instruments employed by a full band, collectively; as, an orchestra of forty stringed instruments, with proper complement of wind instruments. • (n.) 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 distinc...
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    orchestra
    (from the article `theatre, Western`) The outdoor setting for performances of Greek drama traditionally comprised three areas: a large circular dancing floor (orchstra in Greek) on which ... ...Lycurgus on the south slope of the Acropolis in about 330 . The centre of the theatre was the original dancing place, a flat, circular space ......
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    orchestra
    instrumental ensemble of varying size and composition. Although applied to various ensembles found in Western and non-Western music, orchestra in an ... [19 related articles]
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    orchestra
    
    1. instrumentalists including string players
    2. seating on the main floor in a theater
    
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