an arrangement of a piece of music for performance by an orchestra or band
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the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments
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an arrangement of events that attempts to achieve a maximum effect
<noun.act> the skillful orchestration of his political campaign
Orchestration \Or`ches*tra"tion\, n. (Mus.) The arrangement of music for an orchestra; orchestral treatment of a composition; -- called also {instrumentation}.
Fascinating, he thought _ the orchestration, the instrumentation, how the French horns used high octave violin phrases.
The hour documents the CIA's orchestration of coups in Iran and Guatemala.
If it is not healed soon, the orchestration for a smooth Bush summit meeting in Brussels May 29-30 with the leaders of the 15 other NATO countries could dissolve into dissonance.
"Brilliant orchestration," "dramatic characterizations," "lifelike plot," etc.the German opera apostle could hardly restrain his enthusiasm for Auber's "La Muette de Portici" performed in 1828 in front of an equally dazed Parisian audience.
Yet the sunny melodies, Slavonic motifs and beautiful orchestration are there.
No original orchestration survives, so all performances of "Ulisse" depend on someone's reconstruction.
They supply instant theatrical Affekt, of course - just as Rimsky's prinked-out orchestration did, and no less of a modern distortion.
"I got a chance to produce it and I like the orchestration. It's a fun song, a strong song.