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string orchestra

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noun

  1. an orchestra consisting only of violins, violas, cellos, and double basses

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Guests then walked through a live string orchestra and a tableau of performers dressed as woodland creatures — in tunics and tights — frolicking in the forest.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2024

“Madman’s Eyes” is set to an ominous, Middle Eastern-tinged modal riff and buttressed by a moaning, swooping string orchestra, as Matthews howls, “Don’t sacrifice another child!”

From New York Times • May 22, 2023

Also during the pandemic, Salonen wrote a clarinet concerto, “Kinema,” a smaller-scaled score with string orchestra in five short movements, like scenes from a movie.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2023

I’ve heard a small string orchestra play Vivaldi in the magical light of Sainte-Chapelle in Paris and I’ve flown solo to Los Angeles just to hear Bon Jovi in a big arena.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2023

It sounded like he was waiting for a full string orchestra to come in, something out of The Sound of Music.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

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