symphony orchestra
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of symphony orchestra
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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A similar feeling must haunt the musicians of the Berlin Philharmonic, who are widely perceived, collectively, as the world’s greatest symphony orchestra.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
A lively arts scene includes a symphony orchestra, regional theater and the Tucson Folk Festival.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 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
To them its assault on the senses was startlingly fresh, as if someone had uninvented the symphony orchestra and started again from scratch.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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