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Definition of Dance orchestra
1. Noun. A group of musicians playing popular music for dancing.
Generic synonyms: Musical Group, Musical Organisation, Musical Organization
Specialized synonyms: Big Band, Combo, Jazz Band, Jazz Group, Rock Band, Rock Group, Steel Band
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dance Orchestra
Literary usage of Dance orchestra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Aeolian Pipe-organ and Its Music by Aeolian Company (1919)
"GERMAN—Continued 7 Henry VIII—Morris Dance ORCHESTRA The history of the Morris
Dance, ... 3 Henry VIII—Shepherd's Dance ORCHESTRA Of the set this Dance is ..."
2. The Victor Book of the Opera: Stories of Seventy Grand Operas with Three by Victor Talking Machine Company (1912)
"1.25 (Mikado Lancers—Third and Fourth Figures \ La Gitana Waltz l By the Victor
dance orchestra] in • -r*. /Mikado Waltzes \ Belle of New York Selection I ..."
3. The Victor Book of the Opera: Stories of One Hundred Operas with Five by Samuel Holland Rous, Victor Talking Machine Company (1913)
"1.25 (Mikado Lancers—Third and Fourth Figures I La Gitana Waltz By the Victor
dance orchestra /Mikado Waltzes \ Belle of New York Selection ..."
4. The Musical World (1855)
"... spirit of the dance seizes upon all the guests in the second hall; there,
however, they will nave no minuet, they want a contra- dance. Orchestra No. ..."
5. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1877)
"That one who has for years conducted an excellent dance orchestra, and has provided
it with distinguished dance compositions, should have an accurate ..."
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