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String orchestra — A string orchestra is understood as an orchestra composed solely of instruments of the violin family. These instruments are the violin, the viola, the violoncello and the double bass (the last sometimes considered an anomaly because of its… … Wikipedia
String Orchestra of Brooklyn — The String Orchestra of Brooklyn is a semi professional chamber orchestra directed by Eli Spindel, alumnus of Vassar College. The SOB was formed in the Summer of 2007 with the idea of providing a musical community for the many talented and… … Wikipedia
string orchestra — /strɪŋ ˈɔkəstrə/ (say string awkuhstruh) noun an orchestra which normally consists of violins, violas, cellos, and double basses …
string orchestra — noun an orchestra playing only stringed instruments • Hypernyms: ↑orchestra … Useful english dictionary
string orchestra — musical ensemble made up of only stringed instruments (violins, cellos, etc.) … English contemporary dictionary
Divertimento for String Orchestra (Bartók) — Divertimento for String Orchestra Sz.113 BB.118 is a three movement work composed by Béla Bartók in 1939, scored for full orchestral strings. Paul Sacher, a Swiss conductor, patron, impresario, and the founder of the Basel Chamber Orchestra… … Wikipedia
Concerto for Double String Orchestra (Tippett) — Michael Tippett s Concerto for Double String Orchestra (1938–39) is one of the British composer s most popular and frequently performed works. Like other works of the composer s early maturity such as the First Piano Sonata and the First String… … Wikipedia
Concerto for Two Violins and String Orchestra (Arnold) — This is an article about the Arnold Double Violin Concerto. For the Bach Concerto in D minor, see Double Violin Concerto (Bach). For the Vivaldi Concerto in A minor, RV 522, see L estro Armonico. The Concerto for Two Violins and String Orchestra … Wikipedia
Concerto for Two Violins and String Orchestra — The Concerto for Two Violins and String Orchestra, Op. 77 by Malcolm Arnold was finished in 1962. It is in three movements:*Allegro resoluto *Andantino *VivaceThe work was commissioned by Yehudi Menuhin for him and his pupil Alberto Lysy. They… … Wikipedia
Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra — may refer to: Handel concerti grossi Op.6, twelve 1739 works by George Frideric Handel Concerto Grosso No. 1 (Bloch) or Concerto Grosso for string orchestra with piano obbligato, a 1925 work by Ernest Bloch Concerto Grosso (Vaughan Williams), a… … Wikipedia
