Definition of Orchestration

Orchestration

The arrangement of music for an orchestra; orchestral treatment of a composition; -- called also instrumentation.

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Also, An, Arrangement, Called, Composition, For, Instrumentation, Music, Of, Orchestra, Orchestral, The, Treatment

Orchestration Quotations

When I don't know what the music is going to be for a scene, I imagine some sort of orchestration going on and damned if they don't usually come up with a similar kind of thing.
Patty Duke

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.
Thornton Wilder

The orchestration of press, radio and television to create a continuous, lasting and total environment renders the influence of propaganda virtually unnoticed precisely because it creates a constant environment.
Jacques Ellul

And, all these things need to be coordinated; so we all need to work together, have timers going and everything so we're all coordinated and get this piece of orchestration done.
Duane G. Carey

I currently spend a lot of time thinking about orchestration and every detail of a piece.
Gavin Bryars

I've learned a lot from the masters of orchestration, like Ravel and Stravinsky.
Esa-Pekka Salonen

Straight-away the ideas flow in upon me, directly from God, and not only do I see distinct themes in my mind's eye, but they are clothed in the right forms, harmonies, and orchestration.
Johannes Brahms

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Orchestration Translations

orchestration in Dutch is orkestratie
orchestration in French is orchestration
orchestration in German is Instrumentation

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