symphony orchestra

Examples

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• From a cassette player on a homemade wooden table comes the music of a symphony orchestra playing Vivaldi's The Four Seasons.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Yet, the level of virtuosity that some of these island groups achieve rivals that of symphony orchestras.

  Academic text (1995)

• In all three cases, music has been written to reach an audience that has never heard a symphony orchestra before.

  Academic text (1996)

• I think this is the first rock song with a full symphony orchestra.

  Blog text (11)

• I have helped to support a symphony orchestra.

  Academic text (1996)

• The blog makes the point that the days of the symphony orchestra are over.

  Blog text (10)

• The New York Philharmonic is by far the oldest symphony orchestra in America and is one of the oldest in the world.

  Academic text (1998)

• I went to hear string quartets, and I went to hear symphony orchestras.

  Academic text (1998)

• Such exemplars of the symphony orchestra's repertoire have been absolutely critical to its sustained existence.

  Academic text (2010)

• Through artful amplification, the song of the guitar can now dearly be heard in consort with a symphony orchestra.

  Academic text (1998)

Synonyms

O

orchestra

vssymphony orchestra

231 3.4

A large group of musicians who play instruments together, like violins and trumpets

is more specific in referring to ensembles that perform large-scale orchestrated works

S

symphony

vssymphony orchestra

88 4.5

A large group of musicians who play together, with violins, flutes, trumpets, and drums

is the more general term for such ensembles that play large-scale works

P

philharmonic

vssymphony orchestra

26 8.0

A large orchestra that plays symphonies and other classical music

is the general name that covers ensembles performing many large works

How Large

symphony orchestra

29 3.3

orchestra

231 3.4

chamber orchestra

4 4.6

quartet

45 3.5

duo

80 2.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology