reorchestration
noun[CorU]
(alsore-orchestration)uk/riːˌɔː.kɪˈstreɪ.ʃən/us/ˌriː.ɔːr.kəˈstreɪ.ʃən/a newarrangementof apieceofmusicso that it isplayedin a different way by anorchestra(= alargegroupofmusicianswhoplaymany differentinstrumentstogether and areledby aconductor):
TheyplayedMahler's re-orchestration of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
Re-orchestrations of Bach havefallenout offashionthesedays.
- Thissubtlereorchestration makes themusicseemcompletelyfreshandalive.
- Therecordinguses a reorchestration by William Walton.
- Theconductorhas relied on reorchestration toeliminatesome of theobviousshortcomingsof thepreviousarrangement.
Writing, reading & studying music
- anti-musical
- bar
- canon
- canonical
- compose
- composition
- compositional
- musical
- musically
- musicologist
- musicology
- non-musical
- orchestrate
- rescore
- setting
- sheet music
- sight-read
- sight-reading
- sol-fa
- unmusical