symphony orchestra
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of symphony orchestra
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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As creative director, former music director Esa-Pekka Salonen will spend six weeks a season helping envision what a 21st century symphony orchestra might look like.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour put a symphony orchestra on stage alongside the actors in a savage satire which dramatised the plight of Soviet dissidents locked away in mental hospitals.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025
That same year, Life magazine quoted an unnamed member of a symphony orchestra griping that Sinatra actually had the temerity to tell them what tempos he wanted his arrangements played in.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025
The radical implication of Fleischmann’s once controversial ideal is of a symphony orchestra expanding into a broad community of musicians, something the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2025
Someone’s arm was coming out from under a bed, moving like they were conducting a symphony orchestra.
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
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