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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. List of musician and band name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The name is also a reference to Crush soda, guitarist Jun Senoue's favorite brand of soft drink. The Cure – The band's original name was Easy Cure, which was taken from the name of one of the group's early songs. The name was later shortened to The Cure because frontman Robert Smith felt the name was too American and "too hippyish". [105]

  4. Wikipedia:Naming conventions (music) - Wikipedia

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    Also a descriptive name can be a non-generic name that is not italicized (e.g. Music for the Royal Fireworks), unless it is the actual name of the work (e.g. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Trois mouvements de Petrouchka). Most generic names are, however, nothing else than standardized descriptive names.

  5. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    Passionate, emotional. A related term is Pathetique: a name attributed to certain works with an emotional focus such as Tchaikovsky's 6th symphony. pausa rest pedale or ped In piano scores, this instructs the player to press the damper pedal to sustain the note or chord being played. The player may be instructed to release the pedal with an ...

  6. Symphony - Wikipedia

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    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 organistrum or hurdy-gurdy. In late medieval England, symphony was used in both of these senses, whereas by the 16th century it was equated with the dulcimer.

  7. Lists of etymologies - Wikipedia

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    List of river name etymologies; List of Australian place names of Aboriginal origin; 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

  8. List of symphonies with names - Wikipedia

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    For choir and orchestra, text based on the Bible by Hjalmar Gullberg: 5: Örtagårdsmästaren: The Master of the Herb Garden: 1944: 6: Sinfonia Simplice: Simple Symphony: 1951: 8: In candidum: 1974: For choir and orchestra with text by Vilhelm Ekelund: Antonio Rosetti: D major: Symphony de chasse: 1786: Sinfonia di Caccia: 1786: Nobert Rosseau ...

  9. List of symphony orchestras - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of symphony orchestras that includes orchestras with established notability. The orchestras of Europe have a separate list . A list of youth orchestras can be found at List of youth orchestras .