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Symphony orchestra   /sˈɪmfəni ˈɔrkəstrə/   Listen
Symphony orchestra

noun
1.
A large orchestra; can perform symphonies.  Synonyms: philharmonic, symphony.






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"Symphony orchestra" Quotes from Famous Books



... Kuno Francke. See the notes of Philip Hale in the programme book of the Boston Symphony Orchestra of April ...
— Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies • Philip H. Goepp

... tone producers are enclosed in a thick Swell box, an artist is able to employ them with as much refinement of effect as is heard when they are heard in a Symphony Orchestra. ...
— The Recent Revolution in Organ Building - Being an Account of Modern Developments • George Laing Miller

... in Thea a pupil with sure, strong hands, one who read rapidly and intelligently, who had, he felt, a richly gifted nature. But she had been given no direction, and her ardor was unawakened. She had never heard a symphony orchestra. The literature of the piano was an undiscovered world to her. He wondered how she had been able to work so hard when she knew so little of what she was working toward. She had been taught according to the old Stuttgart method; stiff back, stiff ...
— Song of the Lark • Willa Cather



Words linked to "Symphony orchestra" :   orchestra, philharmonic



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