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What is an orchestra?

What is an orchestra? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (music) A large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including some from strings, woodwind, brass and/or percussion; the instruments played by such a group.
  2. A semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient Greek and Hellenistic theatres.
  3. The area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit, immediately in front of and below the stage, sometimes (also) used by other performers.
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Peter von Winter's contribution is a Sinfonia concertante for violin, clarinet, horn, bassoon, and orchestra.
She breathed a sigh of relief as the orchestra finished the quickstep they'd been playing.
Unfortunately he had a chamber orchestra rather than a large Wagnerian orchestra at his disposal.
The brass section of an orchestra typically consists of trumpets, horns, trombones, and tubas.
The orchestra first came to Marlborough last December by accident last year.
Listening to the orchestra perform these profound works in the Ulster Hall demonstrated once again what fine acoustical properties the hall has.

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