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string orchestra in British English

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an orchestra consisting only of violins, violas, cellos, and double basses

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Set this in the context of a jazz quartet and a small string orchestra and you have a potent combination.As it begins, a string orchestra joins in, playing the melody so quietly it's almost subliminal. None of these techniques are new to modernist writing for string orchestra.I can name the pieces for a proper string orchestra on two hands.With a string orchestra, hip hop and classical vocalists and contemporary dancers, she created a performance about falling in and out of love with our nation.The other two works benefit from a live string orchestra on stage.Two towering string orchestra masterpieces dominate this disc.With its slammed pitch-clusters and splattered ripple-effects this colossal string-orchestra outpouring, though only nine minutes, is as shattering today as in 1960.A string orchestra, bathed in eerie violet light, sit like dummies - except that their bowing arms are moving very slowly to produce a dense pitch-cluster.He uses a simple string orchestra to describe a whole world, from aquatic murmurings to bustling cityscapes.

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