orchestraladj.
/ɔːˈkɛstr(ə)l/, U.S. /ɔrˈkɛstr(ə)l/ Of, relating to, composed for, or performed by an orchestra (orchestra n. 3). Also in extended use, esp. in orchestral effects.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > company of instrumentalists > [adjective] > orchestra
orchestran1765
orchestrala1779
orchestric1839
a1779 D. Garrick Poet. Wks. (1785) II. 498 How they break the orchestral abodes, How the instruments shatter by loads!
1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Ripieno,..is used in orchestral compositions, to distinguish those parts which are only occasionally introduced, to fill up and supply the chorus.
1835 T. Mitchell in tr. Aristophanes Acharnians 1043 (note) This prize-feast is..a frequent source of encouragement to his orchestral troop.
1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh v. 193 The soul..With all its grand orchestral silences To keep the pauses of the rhythmic sounds.
1888 R. Kipling In Black & White 66 It [sc. the Religion] added an air-line postal dak, and orchestral effects.
1889 W. H. Stone in G. Grove Dict. Music IV. 181 The modern orchestral or slide Trumpet..is made of brass, mixed metal, or silver.
1918 Sphere 9 Feb. 125/1 The orchestral effects of Monday night's raid.
1949 Etude Apr. 205/4 Robert Shaw..is retiring from all activities to devote two years to intensive study of orchestral conducting.
1976 Beano 27 Mar. 2/1 Don't dawdle, pupils, or we'll miss the orchestral concert in town.
1994 Sunday Times 6 Mar. (Style & Travel section) viii. 18/1 The climate on the orchestral side is poor, with orchestras folding.
Compounds
orchestral-accompanied adj. accompanied by an orchestra.
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1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows I. viii. 181 With..orchestral-accompanied-imitations.
1996 San Francisco Examiner (Nexis) 6 Sept. (Weekend section) c12 Leiferkus' tremendous performances of Shostakovich orchestral-accompanied material.
orchestral flute n. an organ stop having a similar tone to the flute used in an orchestra (see flute n.1 2).
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > stop > flute-tone stops > specific
hohl-flute1660
nason1690
Rohrflöte1773
gemshorn1825
unda maris1828
clarabella1840
flageolet1852
octave flute1852
portunal1852
waldflute1852
Spitzflöte1855
suabe flute1855
melodia1868
piccolo1875
fife1876
flute-douce1876
keraulophon1876
orchestral flute1876
Querflöte1905
1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 173/2 Titles appended to flute-stops... Implying that the quality of tone is similar to the modern flute,..as orchestral flute,..concert-flute.
1955 Sci. Monthly Apr. 222/1 If the pipe is open at both ends, as in the orchestral flute, the column can give any or all of the members of the harmonic series.
Derivatives
orˈchestrally adv.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > company of instrumentalists > [adverb] > orchestra
orchestrally1880
1880 E. Prout in G. Grove Dict. Music I. 387 These are treated orchestrally rather than as solo instruments.
1897 E. Dowden Hist. Fr. Lit. 378 His soul echoed orchestrally the orchestrations of nature and of humanity.
1947 A. Einstein Music Romantic Era xi. 136 The overture to the Francs Juges..is most delicately modeled both orchestrally and dynamically.
1991 Independent 5 Jan. 22/3 The first act was a disaster orchestrally.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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