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  2. Orchestra - Wikipedia

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    The first is a Baroque orchestra (i.e., J.S. Bach, Handel, Vivaldi), which generally had a smaller number of performers, and in which one or more chord-playing instruments, the basso continuo group (e.g., harpsichord or pipe organ and assorted bass instruments to perform the bassline), played an important role; the second is a typical classical ...

  3. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    All; all together, usually used in an orchestral or choral score when the orchestra or all of the voices come in at the same time, also seen in Baroque-era music where two instruments share the same copy of music, after one instrument has broken off to play a more advanced form: they both play together again at the point marked tutti.

  4. List of early music ensembles - Wikipedia

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    Cologne Chamber Orchestra (Helmut Müller-Brühl): baroque orchestra Concerto Köln : baroque orchestra; concert master: Evgeny Sviridov , guest conductors inc. Evelino Pidò , Daniel Harding Ensemble amarcord , Leipzig, vocal ensemble, medieval, Renaissance, contemporary

  5. Symphony - Wikipedia

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    In the Middle Ages and later, the Latin form symphonia was used to describe various instruments, especially those capable of producing more than one sound simultaneously. [2] Isidore of Seville was the first to use the word symphonia as the name of a two-headed drum, [ 3 ] and from c. 1155 to 1377 the French form symphonie was the name of the ...

  6. Orchestra (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble usually composed of string, brass, and woodwind sections, sometimes with a percussion section. Orchestra may also refer to: Theatre of ancient Greece#Orchestra, the circular area where actors and choruses performed in the ancient Greek theatre; MSC Orchestra, a cruise ship built for MSC Cruises

  7. List of musician and band name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The name was Procul Harum, which is Latin for "beyond these things", but was written down incorrectly by Keith Reid. [268] The band would say in interviews that the cat was a Burmese Blue, though all cats with the name are the Devon Rex breed. [269] The Prodigy – Bandleader Liam Howlett's first synthesiser was a Moog Prodigy. [270]

  8. Lists of etymologies - Wikipedia

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    List of place names in Canada of aboriginal origin; List of indigenous names of Eastern Caribbean islands; Origins of names of cities and towns in Hong Kong; Lists of North American place name etymologies; List of place names of French origin in the United States; List of place names of Spanish origin in the United States

  9. Category:Orchestras - Wikipedia

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    The Saudi National Orchestra and Choir; String instrument; String orchestra This page was last edited on 3 March 2022, at 18:44 (UTC). Text is available under the ...