Symphony Orchestra

  

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Symphony Orchestra

Definition: Symphony Orchestra

Symphony Orchestra

Noun

1. A large orchestra; can perform symphonies; "we heard the Vienna symphony".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Symphony Orchestra

Synonym: symphony (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Symphony Orchestra

English words defined with "symphony orchestra": symphonic music, symphony. (references)

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Modern Usage: Symphony Orchestra

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Movie/TV Titles

Young People's Concerts: Anatomy of a Symphony Orchestra (1970)

The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra (1965)

Song Titles

Brush Up Your Shakespeare (performing artist: National Symphony Orchestra)

Merrie Melodies Closing Theme (performing artist: Warner Bros. Symphony Orchestra)

Overture/Merrie Melodies Theme (performing artist: Warner Bros. Symphony Orchestra)

What's Opera, Doc? (performing artist: Warner Bros. Symphony Orchestra)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Symphony Orchestra

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Books

  • Begins With the Oboe: A History of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (reference)

  • Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Select Bibliographies Reprint Ser.)) (reference)

  • Symphony Orchestra and Its Instruments (reference)

  • The Story of the Incredible Orchestra : An Introduction to Musical Instruments and the Symphony Orchestra (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Stravinsky - Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) / Symphonies D'Instrument Vent / Boulez, London Symphony Orchestra (reference)

  • Moody Blues: A Night at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra (reference)

  • Three Dog Night - Live with the Tennessee Symphony Orchestra (reference)

  • Berlioz - Requiem / Davis, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (reference)

  • The Moody Blues - A Night at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  • Sentimento: Andrea Bocelli with Lorin Maazel and the London Symphony Orchestra [Limited Edition w/ Bonus Track] [ENHANCED] (reference)

  • With the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (reference)

  • Liszt: Faust-Symphony / Bernstein, Riegel, Boston Symphony Orchestra (reference)

  • Holst: The Planets / Dutoit, Montreal Symphony Orchestra (Penguin Music Classics Series) (reference)

  • Dvorak: Symphony no 9 / Kertsz, London Symphony Orchestra (Penguin Music Classics Series) (reference)

    (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Symphony Orchestra

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Photo Album: Symphony Orchestra

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Interior of Radio City Music Hall in New York City, showing audience, the Rockettes on stage, and the Music Hall Symphony Orchestra in the pit] / p. Credit: Library of Congress; photo by Cosmo-Sileo, N.Y..

Seiji Ozawa conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Credit: Library of Congress.

Fritz Reiner, conductor of Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front. Credit: Library of Congress.

Interlochen, Michigan. National music camp where 300 or more young musicians study symphonic music for eight weeks each summer. Symphony orchestra practicing. Credit: Library of Congress.

A singer, who with the symphony orchestra, helped put on a radio broadcast for the local people. Palermo, Sicily. Credit: Library of Congress.

Palermo, Sicily. Allied soldiers and local girls at concert given by the Palermo symphony orchestra. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Use in Literature: Symphony Orchestra

TitleAuthorQuote

Last Chance To See

Douglas Adams

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Symphony Orchestra

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Economic History

Denmark

Hans Abrahamsen's works have been performed by the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Symphony Orchestra

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

boston symphony orchestra

88

chicago symphony orchestra

87

detroit symphony orchestra

86

baltimore symphony orchestra

84

symphony orchestra

75

atlanta symphony orchestra

70

indianapolis symphony orchestra

53

dallas symphony orchestra

51

national symphony orchestra

41

the london symphony orchestra

38

toronto symphony orchestra

28

vancouver symphony orchestra

20

pittsburgh symphony orchestra

17

edmonton symphony orchestra

12

philadelphia symphony orchestra

11

montreal symphony orchestra

10

houston symphony orchestra

10
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Symphony Orchestra

Language Translations for "symphony orchestra"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

симфоничен оркестър (philharmonic, symphony). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

N響 (bikini thong, NHK Symphony Orchestra, O-back, rs232 cable, skirt with peek-a-boo hole in rump, T-back, T-shirt), 京響 (Kyoto Symphony Orchestra). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

きょうきょう (Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, respect), エヌきょう (NHK Symphony Orchestra). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ymphonysay orchestraay

   

Swedish

  

symfoniorkester. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

senfoni orkestrası. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

d n nhạc giao hưởng. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Symphony Orchestra

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-h-m-n-o-o-p-r-r-s-s-t-y-y"

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-5 letters: arthroscopes, chrysophytes, compensators, compensatory, contemporary, crapshooters, phytochromes, psychrometry, sharpshooter, trypanosomes.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Fiction
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Anagrams
13. Bibliography


  

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