Definition of Orchestras

1. Noun. (plural of orchestra) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Orchestras

1. orchestra [n] - See also: orchestra

Lexicographical Neighbors of Orchestras

orchel
orchella
orchellas
orchels
orcheo-
orcheses
orchesis
orchesography
orchestian
orchestra hit
orchestra pit
orchestral
orchestral bells
orchestrally
orchestras
orchestrate
orchestrated
orchestrater
orchestraters
orchestrates
orchestrating
orchestration
orchestrational
orchestrations
orchestrator
orchestrators
orchestre
orchestrelle
orchestrelles

Literary usage of Orchestras

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Play Production in America by Arthur Edwin Krows (1916)
"No less than nine of these mechanical orchestras were almost simultaneously placed in leading New York theaters when their use was new. ..."

2. The Citizens Book by Charles Roy Hebble, Frank Parker Goodwin (1916)
"enjoying the great sculptures and paintings, so do our orchestras make clear to us the best ... School Orchestras. —Besides the piano work in the schools, ..."

3. Richard Strauss, the Man and His Works by Henry Theophilus Finck (1917)
"XVI MAMMOTH Orchestras Nor can we look on Strauss as a bold, bad innovator because he likes to use mammoth orchestras. In 1784 a Handel Commemoration was ..."

4. The German Element in the United States by Albert Bernhardt Faust (1909)
"Classical programmes are rendered with great success, and standing-room is often not obtainable. In New York City a number of other orchestras were called ..."

5. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1880)
"The idea seems to correspond in certain features to the plan, of Mr. Stanford (to which we referred a few weeks since) of local orchestras connected with ..."

6. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1911)
"Choral music; Harmony; Melodrama: Musical instruments; National songs; Opera: Orchestras: Piano; Rhythm (Music): School music; Singing and voice culture: ..."

7. Studies and Memories by Charles Villiers Stanford (1908)
"THE DEVELOPMENT OF Orchestras IN ENGLAND (1883) [This paper, written in 1883, I have reprinted mainly as giving an interesting comparison between the ..."

8. The Story of Notation by Charles Francis Abdy Williams (1903)
"The tablatures — Reasons for their use — The tablature makers never adopted the ternary division of notes — Mediaeval orchestras — Different tablatures in ..."

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