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I had come from an orchestral background, but I didn't really have any orchestral pieces for film.
Marco Beltrami

Meaning of "orchestral" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ORCHESTRAL

orchestral  [ɔːˈkɛstrəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ORCHESTRAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Orchestral is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ORCHESTRAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

orchestral

Orchestra

An orchestra is a large instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ὀρχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus. The orchestra grew by accretion throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, but changed very little in composition during the course of the 20th century. A smaller-sized orchestra for this time period is called a chamber orchestra. A full-size orchestra may sometimes be called a "symphony orchestra" or "philharmonic orchestra"; these modifiers do not necessarily indicate any strict difference in either the instrumental constitution or role of the orchestra, but can be useful to distinguish different ensembles based in the same city. A symphony orchestra will usually have over eighty musicians on its roster, in some cases over a hundred, but the actual number of musicians employed in a particular performance may vary according to the work being played and the size of the venue. A leading chamber orchestra might employ as many as fifty musicians; some are much smaller than that.

Definition of orchestral in the English dictionary

The definition of orchestral in the dictionary is pertaining, involving, or written for an orchestra.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ORCHESTRAL


ancestral
ænˈsɛstrəl
astral
ˈæstrəl
austral
ˈɔːstrəl
cadastral
kəˈdæstrəl
campestral
kæmˈpɛstrəl
dextral
ˈdɛkstrəl
estral
ˈiːstrəl
etonogestrel
ɪˌtɒnəʊˈdʒɛstrəl
kestrel
ˈkɛstrəl
lustral
ˈlʌstrəl
magistral
məˈdʒɪstrəl
minstrel
ˈmɪnstrəl
mistral
ˈmɪstrəl
rostral
ˈrɒstrəl
semestral
sɪˈmɛstrəl
sequestral
sɪˈkwɛstrəl
sinistral
ˈsɪnɪstrəl
sylvestral
sɪlˈvɛstrəl
trimestral
traɪˈmestrəl
wastrel
ˈweɪstrəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ORCHESTRAL

orchard bush
orchardist
orchardman
orchardmen
orchesis
orchesography
orchestic
orchestra
orchestra pit
orchestra stalls
orchestralist
orchestrally
orchestrate
orchestrater
orchestration
orchestrational
orchestrator
orchestric
orchestrina
orchestrion

WORDS THAT END LIKE ORCHESTRAL

central
cloistral
colostral
conirostral
curvirostral
dentirostral
diastral
entoplastral
epiplastral
fenestral
fissirostral
gastral
hyoplastral
lamellirostral
latirostral
longirostral
palustral
rectirostral
recurvirostral
serratirostral
tenuirostral

Synonyms and antonyms of orchestral in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «orchestral» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ORCHESTRAL

Find out the translation of orchestral to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of orchestral from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «orchestral» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

管弦乐的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

orquestal
570 millions of speakers

English

orchestral
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आर्केस्ट्रा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اوركسترا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

оркестровая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

orquestral
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অর্কেস্ট্রার জন্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

orchestral
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Orkestra
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Orchester-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オーケストラの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

오케스트라의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Orchestral
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuộc về giàn nhạc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆர்கெஸ்ட்ரா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऑर्केस्ट्रल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

orkestra
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

orchestrale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

orkiestrowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

оркестрова
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

orchestral
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ορχηστρική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

orkestrale
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

orkester
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

orkester
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of orchestral

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ORCHESTRAL»

The term «orchestral» is quite widely used and occupies the 26.204 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ORCHESTRAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about orchestral

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10 QUOTES WITH «ORCHESTRAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word orchestral.
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Casey Abrams
I love making music, I love composing on my computer, just making crazy ethnic slack orchestral tracks, that's one of my fun things.
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Marco Beltrami
I had come from an orchestral background, but I didn't really have any orchestral pieces for film.
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Anthony Daniels
You know, a lot of people are loath to go to an orchestral concert because they are intimidated by the thought.
4
Peter Maxwell Davies
I'm obviously very keen on the theater and I think it's inevitable that some of the orchestral and chamber pieces have got dramatic elements which might even suggest an unspecified dramatic plot of some kind or other, even though it's not in my mind at the time.
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Bill Dixon
Most of my recorded material has been in small group configurations. I have not released large orchestral works as recordings because it hasn't been within the realm of possibility.
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Placido Domingo
I have always studied my parts with the orchestral score and not with the piano reduction.
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Placido Domingo
I feel at home in an orchestral score.
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Danny Elfman
I think that's one of the things that has always put me in kind of an odd niche. It's that all of my understanding of orchestral music is via film, not via classical music like it's supposed to be. To me it's the same, it doesn't make any difference.
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Charles Hazlewood
It's Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony I'm really looking forward to. Simon Rattle does it perfectly: he understands its primal rhythmic life force, and he and the wonderful Berliners make it a sheer riot of orchestral colour.
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Charles Hazlewood
Somerset desperately needs more high-end music making on its doorstep, so the chance to share great music spanning genres as diverse as orchestral classics, trip hop and jazz, in the utterly relaxed and cathartic environment of a Somerset field, is for me the fulfilment of a long-term dream.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORCHESTRAL»

Discover the use of orchestral in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to orchestral and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Orchestral Music: A Handbook
Also Available: Orchestral Music Online This fourth edition of the highly acclaimed, classic sourcebook for planning orchestral programs and organizing rehearsals has been expanded and revised to feature 42% more compositions over the third ...
David Daniels, 2005
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Richard Strauss's Orchestral Music and the German ...
Abandoning opera in the midst of the Second World War, he returned briefly to writing orchestral music before retiring in 1945. This provocative book examines the two periods of orchestral activity that frame Strauss's long career.
Charles Dowell Youmans, 2005
3
Orchestral "Pops" Music: A Handbook
Using the orchestral repertoire as a starting point, this series will also encompass chamber music, ballet, opera, thematic music, and repertoire of individual instruments. The Music Finders series is based on the Scarecrow titles Orchestral  ...
Lucy Manning, 2013
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Becoming an orchestral musician: a guide for aspiring ...
"Richard Davis is principal flute of the BBC Philharmonic, and also Senior Lecturer and an orchestral coach in the Royal Northern College of Music." --Résumé de l'éditeur.
Richard Davis, 2004
5
The four orchestral suites, BWV 1066-1069
Suite No. 1 in C Major, Suite No. 2 in B Minor, Suite No. 3 in D Major, and Suite No. 4 in D Major. Bach-Gesellschaft edition. Instrumentation. Notes.
Alfred Dörffel, 2000
6
Directory of Choral-orchestral Music
This directory is the most comprehensive index of music written for orchestra with chorus in print today.
Michael Rosewall, 2007
7
The Orchestral Revolution: Haydn and the Technologies of Timbre
This book explores the relationship between the history of orchestration and the development of modern musical aesthetics in the Enlightenment.
Emily I. Dolan, 2013
8
Masterworks of the Orchestral Repertoire: A Guide for Listeners
This handbook is designed to help music lovers get the ultimate pleasure from their listening by providing them with that background about a large portion of the orchestral repertoire.
Donald N. Ferguson, 1968
9
Conductors and Composers of Popular Orchestral Music: A ...
World-wide in scope and focusing on the second half of the 20th century, this work provides biographies and discographies of some 500 composers and conductors of light and popular orchestral music, including film, show, theatre and mood ...
Naomi Musiker, Reuben Musiker, 2014
10
Shakespeare in Opera, Ballet, Orchestral Music, and Song: An ...
This work is unique in the field: the reader is introduced to music from several centuries and to five of the most popular plays in great detail (Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Othello, A Midsummer Night's Dream).
Arthur Graham, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ORCHESTRAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term orchestral is used in the context of the following news items.
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Songwriter Randy Newman Embraces The Orchestral Sound
Randy Newman speaks while being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony ... «90.5 WESA, Jul 15»
2
Hallé orchestral concerts deserve the audience's full attention
Many concert-goers, like me, will be disappointed that the Hallé is planning to allow patrons at its orchestral concerts to come and go as they ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
VIDEO - Schools come together for orchestral event
He said: “Every single orchestra instrument was represented, plus some non-orchestral instruments such as guitar and keyboard.”. «Sleaford Today, Jul 15»
4
Orchestral history comes to Duluth
Friesen is fond of spurning the orchestral culture of pulling classics from the shelf, where the music of "dead European guys" is voluminous but ... «Duluth News Tribune, Jul 15»
5
What's Hot? Classic Films Projected With Their Orchestral Scores …
Many of Grammy-winning composer Howard Shore's orchestral film scores have been performed live all over the world alongside projections of ... «WRTI, Jul 15»
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Brott taps Lightfoot for next orchestral-pop foray
He said arranging pop is a fine balance between staying true to the original work while giving a nod to the orchestral players as well. «Hamilton Spectator, Jul 15»
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The Hallé's Priceless Classics – how much is an orchestral concert …
The Hallé is throwing open the doors of Bridgewater Hall to try to introduce new audiences to classical music. It's a bold initiative worth ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
8
Orchestral ensembles spread their wings at Festival
LANCASTER – "Music in unexpected places" is the goal of former and current Lancaster Festival directors. So patients, congregation members ... «Lancaster Eagle Gazette, Jul 15»
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A Popular Trend: Classic Films Projected With Their Orchestral
Many of Grammy-winning composer Howard Shore's orchestral film scores have been performed live all over the world alongside projections of ... «WRTI, Jul 15»
10
The Orchestral-Rock-Folk-Synth-Jazz Sound Of L'anarchiste
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Rob LeCheminant and Alex Gilvarry of the Utah-based band L'anarchiste. The band's new album, Giant, is a ... «NPR, Jul 15»

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