string orchestra

collocation in English

meaningsofstringandorchestra

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string
adjective
uk
/strɪŋ/us
/strɪŋ/
consisting of or relating to ...
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orchestra
noun
uk
/ˈɔː.kɪ.strə/us
/ˈɔːr.kə.strə/
a large group of musicians who play many different instruments together and are led by ...
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(Definition ofstringandorchestrafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This long and painful scene is set throughout in recitative, accompanied by the full five-partstringorchestra.
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The title refers to the two soloists in dialogue with thestringorchestra, which is also occasionally treated soloistically.
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Alone among the concertos this is forstringorchestra.
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Contemplative in mood, the subduedstringorchestraacts as a cushion for ecstatic violin and clarinet solos.
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Pilgrim (1998) is an arrangement for doublestringorchestraof a string sextet.
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It was not considered that the likes of them should have astringorchestra, but they were tried out with wind instruments.
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Sometimes works originally written for string quartet, quintet, sextet etc. are arranged forstringorchestra.
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There are also several school choirs and astringorchestra.
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However, his oeuvre includes well-regarded concerti for clarinet and cello, choral works, works forstringorchestra, and chamber music.
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It uses electric-guitar riffs, an acoustic guitar, astringorchestraand a piano.
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Thestringorchestraplays a divided chord in steady quarter notes, while the solo violins arpeggiate notes of the chord in sixteenth notes above.
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It was scored for two voices, oboe andstringorchestra.
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Thestringorchestraversion can be played either by a septet of soloists or by astringorchestraof any size.
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He wrote six works for strings, four of them titled divertimentos for three violins orstringorchestra.
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We recorded this song with astringorchestra, which is a little something different from us to look forward to.
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The instrumental music program is made up of 2 concert bands, 2 jazz bands, and astringorchestra.
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These were merely compositions for the ripieno alone (i.e. forstringorchestraand continuo), with either no solo parts or clearly subsidiary ones.
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During his off-time, he organized a smallstringorchestraand taught musicians how to read notes.
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More than onestringorchestracan be utilized.
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