Association of British Orchestras: The Association of British Orchestras (ABO) is an organisation that supports, promotes, and advances the interests of orchestras in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1948 as the Orchestral Employers' Association, primarily to negotiate with the Musicians' Union and ... (British artistic organisation) [100%] 2024-03-09 [British orchestras] [1947 establishments in the United Kingdom]...
British Symphony Orchestra: The British Symphony Orchestra (BSO or BrSO) is the name of a number of symphony orchestras, active in both concert halls and recording studios, which have existed at various times in Britain since c1905 until the present day. There were ... (none) [100%] 2023-09-09 [London orchestras] [British symphony orchestras]...
Orchestra (album): Orchestra is an album by German double bassist and composer Eberhard Weber, recorded between May and August 1988 and released on ECM later that year. The octet features brass section Herbert Joos, Anton Jillich, Rudolf Diebetsberger, Thomas Hauschild, Wolfgang Czelustra ... (Album) [89%] 2024-01-12 [ECM Records albums] [Eberhard Weber albums]...
Orchestra: An orchestra is an ensemble of musicians, led by a director. Orchestras are used frequently in western classical music and often have the instruments divided into sections. [89%] 2023-03-12 [Musical Terms]
Orchestra (Kunst): Die Orchestra (Aussprache [ɔrˈçɛstra]) (griechisch für Tanzplatz) war ursprünglich eine um den Altar des griechischen Gottes Dionysos angelegte Fläche für kultische Tänze und Gesänge. Im klassischen griechischen Theater wurde die Orchestra dann bestimmendes architektonisches Element der Arenabühne und die Spielfläche ... (Kunst) [89%] 2023-07-02
Orchestra: An orchestra is a large group of musicians performing together, usually led by a conductor. In its strictest sense the term is used to identify a group having instruments from all four of the major families of musical instrument: strings ... [89%] 2023-08-27
Orchestra: An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, consisting of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion sections. The term orchestra derives from the Greek name for the semicircular area in front of the ancient Greek stage reserved for the chorus in theatrical presentations ... [89%] 2023-02-04
Orchestra: Orchestra, in its modern acceptation the place in a theatre or concert hall set apart for the musicians; a carefullybalanced group of performers on stringed, wind and percussion instruments adapted for playing in concert and directed by a conductor. In ... [89%] 2022-09-02
British: British is the adjective that refers to Britain—historically to Great Britain and today to the United Kingdom. Once a spiritual people, today the British are overwhelmingly atheistic and even disrespectful of religion, unless it is a religion hostile to ... [83%] 2023-03-11 [United Kingdom] [British History]...
Orchestes: Orchestes is a genus of beetles either classified in the subfamily Rhynchaeninae or in the tribe Rhamphini of the subfamily Curculioninae, of the family Curculionidae. It encompasses six species in North America, including Orchestes alni, and more in Eurasia. (Genus of beetles) [78%] 2024-07-14 [Curculioninae] [Taxa named by Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger]...
Brutish: A term applied by the Biblical writers to men whose disposition or spirit was like that of beasts. It is used in close conjunction with "foolish" (Jer., and, as indicated in the Hebrew, may mean "stupid. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [71%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
Orchestral Favorites: Orchestral Favorites is an album by Frank Zappa, released in May 1979 on his own DiscReet Records label. The album is entirely instrumental and features music performed by the 37-piece Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra. [64%] 2024-01-21 [1979 albums] [Albums produced by Frank Zappa]...
Opogona orchestris: Opogona orchestris is a moth of the family Tineidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found in Sri Lanka. (Biology) [64%] 2023-02-25 [Tineidae] [Hieroxestinae]...
Sounds Orchestral: Sounds Orchestral was a British studio-based easy listening group, assembled by John Schroeder with Johnny Pearson in 1964. John Schroeder had worked with Johnny Pearson previously over at Oriole Records, producing Johnny Pearson's first solo album. (Company) [64%] 2023-09-21 [Virtual reality companies]
Orchestral music: As expressed by its name, orchestral music is music that is performed by an orchestra. This term covers a broad variety of music ranging from barock over classic to contemporary music. [64%] 2023-06-11
Orchestra pit: An orchestra pit is the area in a theater (usually located in a lowered area in front of the stage) in which musicians perform. Orchestral pits are utilized in forms of theatre that require music (such as opera and ballet ... [63%] 2023-09-27 [Parts of a theatre] [Orchestras]...
Imperial Orchestra: The Imperial Orchestra was a New Orleans dance band active from around 1900 or 1901 to around 1912. Led by Manuel Perez, who had joined the Onward Brass Band in 1900 (and would go on to lead it from 1903 ... [63%] 2023-09-08 [American jazz ensembles from New Orleans] [Brass bands from New Orleans]...
Manchester Orchestra: Manchester Orchestra is an American indie rock band from Atlanta, Georgia that formed in 2004. The group's current line-up is composed of lead singer, songwriter and rhythm guitarist Andy Hull, lead guitarist Robert McDowell, bassist Andy Prince and ... (American indie rock band) [63%] 2023-09-08 [Indie rock musical groups from Georgia (U.S. state)] [Loma Vista Recordings artists]...
MSC Orchestra: MSC Orchestra is a cruise ship that was built in 2007 for MSC Cruises. She is the second ship of the Musica class. [63%] 2023-09-09 [Ships of MSC Cruises] [Ships built in France]...
Philadelphia Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra is an American symphony orchestra, based in Philadelphia. One of the "Big Five" American orchestras, the orchestra is based at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, where it performs its subscription concerts, numbering over 130 annually ... (American symphony orchestra) [63%] 2023-12-13 [Philadelphia Orchestra] [1900 establishments in Pennsylvania]...
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