Orchestra vs Overture - What's the difference?
orchestra | overture |
(music) A large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including some from strings, woodwind, brass and/or percussion; the instruments played by such a group.
A semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient Greek and Hellenistic theatres.
The area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit, immediately in front of and below the stage, sometimes (also) used by other performers.
(obsolete) An opening; a recess or chamber.
* Chapman
(obsolete) disclosure; discovery; revelation
* Shakespeare
(often in plural) An approach or proposal made to initiate communication, establish a relationship etc.
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, date=April 23
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, title=François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election
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(Scotland) A motion placed before a legislative body, such as the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
(music) a musical introduction to a piece of music.
In lang=en terms the difference between orchestra and overture
is that orchestra is a large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including some from strings, woodwind, brass and/or percussion; the instruments played by such a group while overture is a musical introduction to a piece of music.orchestra
English
(wikipedia orchestra)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* orchestral * (orchestra types ) chamber orchestra, orchestra in residence, philharmonic orchestra, string orchestra, symphony orchestraDerived terms
* orchestrate, orchestration * orchestrina, orchestrionUsage notes
* In British English, "The orchestra are'' tuning up" is often used, implying the individual members. In the US, one would almost always hear "The orchestra ''is tuning up", implying a collective.Anagrams
* ----overture
English
(wikipedia overture)Noun
(en noun)- the cave's inmost overture
- It was he / That made the overture of thy treasons to us.
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- My mother had no choice; one did not turn down such an overture from the regent.