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- Dictionaryorchestration/ˌɔːkɪˈstreɪʃn/
noun
- 1. the arrangement or scoring of music for orchestral performance: "Prokofiev's mastery of orchestration"
- 2. the planning or coordination of the elements of a situation to produce a desired effect, especially surreptitiously: "the orchestration of the campaign needed tightening"
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a careful arrangement of something to achieve a particular result, often in a way that is unfair or wrong: His victory followed the orchestration of a vicious smear campaign against his opponent. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of ORCHESTRATION is the arrangement of a musical composition for performance by an orchestra; also : orchestral treatment of a musical composition. How to use orchestration in a sentence.
Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra (or, more loosely, for any musical ensemble, such as a concert band) or of adapting music composed for another medium for an orchestra.
a careful arrangement of something to achieve a particular result, often in a way that is unfair or wrong: His victory followed the orchestration of a vicious smear campaign against his opponent. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
noun. the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments. synonyms: instrumentation. see more. noun. an arrangement of events that attempts to achieve a maximum effect. “the skillful orchestration of his political campaign”. see more.
orchestration. noun. /ˌɔːkɪˈstreɪʃn/ /ˌɔːrkɪˈstreɪʃn/ [uncountable, countable] the arrangement of a piece of music in parts so that it can be played by an orchestra. the album's lush orchestration. Ravel's orchestration of Mussorgsky's ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’. Want to learn more?
Define orchestration. orchestration synonyms, orchestration pronunciation, orchestration translation, English dictionary definition of orchestration. n. 1. a. A musical composition that has been orchestrated. b. Arrangement of music for performance by an orchestra. 2. Arrangement or control: orchestration...
An orchestration is a piece of music that has been rewritten so that it can be played by an orchestra.
There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun orchestration. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. orchestration has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. music (1830s) costume (1930s) See meaning & use.
An orchestration is a piece of music that has been rewritten so that it can be played by an orchestra. The composer's own imaginative orchestration was heard in the same concert. American English: orchestration / ɔrkɪsˈtreɪʃən / Brazilian Portuguese: orquestração.
