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orchestration
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun orchestration has 3 senses
- orchestration(n = noun.communication) Array - an arrangement of a piece of music for performance by an orchestra or band; Array is a kind of arrangement, musical arrangement
- orchestration(n = noun.act) instrumentation - the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments; Array is a kind of arrangement, arranging, transcription
- orchestration(n = noun.act) Array - an arrangement of events that attempts to achieve a maximum effect; "the skillful orchestration of his political campaign" is a kind of arrangement, arranging, transcription
Derived form verb orchestrate1
Derived form verb orchestrate1
Derived form verb orchestrate2
CIDE DICTIONARY
orchestration, n.
The arrangement of music for an orchestra; orchestral treatment of a composition; -- called also instrumentation . [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
orchestration
Nachtmusik, absolute music, adaptation, air varie, aleatory, aleatory music, arrangement, chamber music, chamber orchestra, composition, descant, electronic music, etude, exercise, harmonization, incidental music, instrumental music, instrumentation, intonation, invention, modulation, nocturne, opus, phrasing, piece, preparation, production, program music, resolution, ricercar, score, setting, solution, sonata, sonatina, string orchestra, string quartet, study, suspension, theme and variations, tone painting, transcription, trio, variation, work
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