Orchestration

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Orchestration \Or`ches*tra"tion\, n. (Mus.)
     The arrangement of music for an orchestra; orchestral
     treatment of a composition; -- called also {instrumentation}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  orchestration
       n 1: an arrangement of a piece of music for performance by an
            orchestra or band
       2: the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and
          assigning parts to the different musical instruments [syn:
           {instrumentation}]
       3: an arrangement of events that attempts to achieve a maximum
          effect; "the skillful orchestration of his political
          campaign"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "orchestration":
     Nachtmusik, absolute music, adaptation, air varie, aleatory,
     aleatory music, arrangement, chamber music, chamber orchestra,
     composition, descant, electronic music, etude, exercise,
     harmonization, incidental music, instrumental music,
     instrumentation, intonation, invention, modulation, nocturne, opus,
     phrasing, piece, preparation, production, program music,
     resolution, ricercar, score, setting, solution, sonata, sonatina,
     string orchestra, string quartet, study, suspension,
     theme and variations, tone painting, transcription, trio,
     variation, work