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string orchestra

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noun

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

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Santa Monica High School’s Chamber Orchestra brought a lovely, lyric sheen to Mahler’s string orchestra arrangement of Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” string quartet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2025

The Virtuosi, Sphinx’s premier touring group, is a chamber string orchestra made up of young Black and Latino musicians.

From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2023

We enter a symphonic troposphere where clouds are clotted harmonies, where turbulence is a string orchestra plucking and strumming violins and violas like guitars.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 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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