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orchestral

[awr-kes-truhl] / ɔrˈkɛs trəl /


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It’s a moving painting with orchestral music and little to no dialogue for a long amount of time.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

The brief orchestral passage that ends “Send in the Clowns” is borrowed from Stravinsky’s “Petrushka.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

Charles Ives’s remarkable orchestral work “The Fourth of July” was, as film composer Bernard Herrmann told oral historian Vivien Perlis, intended as more than a mere poetic impression of an occasion.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

"The things you can do with software orchestral instruments nowadays is amazing," says Smith.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

Liszt’s fourth innovation was in the field of orchestral music.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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