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A string orchestra.
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Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Ralph Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (1910), performed by the U.S. Army Band Strings.
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A string orchestra is an orchestra consisting solely of a string section made up of the bowed strings used in Western Classical music. The instruments of such an orchestra are most often the following: the violin, which is divided into first and second violin players (each usually playing different parts), the viola, the cello, and usually, but not always, the double bass.
String orchestras can be of chamber orchestra size ranging from between 12 (4 first violins, 3 second violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos and 1 bass = 12) and 21 musicians (6 first violins, 5 second violins, 4 violas, 4 cellos and 2 double basses= 21) sometimes performing without a conductor. It could also consist of the entire string section of a large symphony orchestra which could have 60 musicians (16 first violins, 14 second violins, 12 violas, 10 cellos and 8 double basses = 60; Gurre-Lieder calls for 84: 20.20.16.16.12).[1]
^Josep Gustems Carnicer; Edmon Elgström Misol (2008). Guía práctica para la dirección de grupos vocales e instrumentales (in Spanish). Grao. pp. 32–34. ISBN 978-84-7827-643-1.
Problems playing this file? See media help. A stringorchestra is an orchestra consisting solely of a string section made up of the bowed strings used in...
special occasions. In the classical era, the orchestra became more standardized with a small to medium-sized string section and a core wind section consisting...
section as just defined. An orchestra consisting solely of a string section is called a stringorchestra. Smaller string sections are sometimes used in...
first violins as a group). "Air" from Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 Stringorchestra (2000) performed by the United States Air Force Band Strings (not a...
who was a founding member of the Hollywood String Quartet, and played in the 20th Century Fox Studio Orchestra under Alfred Newman (composer). After high...
first assembled a "Philharmonia StringOrchestra" for recordings in 1945, composed of musicians from the RAF orchestra. He then recruited wind and percussion...
stringorchestra Piece for Chamber Orchestra (1965) Music in Similar Motion for chamber orchestra (1969, orch. in 1981) Company for stringorchestra (1983;...
of Scottish Dances for small orchestra (1946) Concerto Grosso No. 2 in G major for string quartet and stringorchestra (1948) Symphony No. 1 (1948–1949)...
Hemingway for cello and orchestra (2015) Dreamachine for solo percussion and orchestra (2014) Fallingwater for violin and stringorchestra (2013) Reflections...
Chamber Orchestras Peter Maxwell Davies's Strathclyde Concerto No. 3 for horn, trumpet and orchestra, and No. 4 for violin, viola and stringorchestra Baroque...
Violin Concerto (1993) Malcolm Arnold Concerto for Two Violins and StringOrchestra (1969) Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 (1717–1723)...
edge touches the strings. Bowed instruments include the string section instruments of the orchestra in Western classical music (violin, viola, cello and...
keys String band, musical ensemble composed mostly or entirely of string instruments, common in bluegrass, jazz, and country music Stringorchestra, orchestra...
Double StringOrchestra may refer to: Concerto for Double StringOrchestra (Tippett), by Michael Tippett Double Concerto for Two StringOrchestras, Piano...
1958) Young Apollo for piano, string quartet and stringorchestra (1939) Diversions for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra (1940; rev. 1954) Scottish Ballad...
the Romanza opus 3 for horn and string quartet. (This has been recorded in an arrangement for horn and stringorchestra.) In 1888 Sinigaglia began to travel:...
for string quartet or stringorchestra in D major, K. 136/125a ("Salzburg Symphony No. 1") (1772) Divertimento for string quartet or stringorchestra in...
played by Hilary Hahn Wind Shear (2000) Celebration Fanfare "String" from Concerto for Orchestra To The Point Fanfare Ritmico (2002) Kelly's Field (2006)...
Tanya Anisimova Adonai for Solo Cello and StringOrchestra (2006) Quintet Concerto for Solo Cello and String Quintet (2005) Denis ApIvor Cello Concerto...
orchestra (1964) Concerto for Piano and StringOrchestra (1979) Concerto for piano four hands and chamber orchestra (1988) "to Viktoria Postnikova and Irina...
for String Quartet and Orchestra may refer to: Concerto for String Quartet and Chamber Orchestra (Hosseini) Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra (Schoenberg)...
Concerto Grosso for StringOrchestra may refer to: Handel concerti grossi Op.6, twelve 1739 works by George Frideric Handel Concerto Grosso No. 1 (Bloch)...
the sounds of a variety of instrument families, such as the orchestra, which uses a string section, brass instruments, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...
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