What do you call the large work for orchestra?

The symphony was a very important form during the Classical and Romantic periods. A symphony is a large-scale orchestral work intended to be played in the concert hall. It is usually in four movements.

The last show where Lin Manuel-Miranda appeared in the leading role of Alexander Hamilton sold for $24,000 for just one ticket of a pair of tickets in the premium seating section, but you can expect prices to be less than $400 for a good orchestra seat.

Why does an orchestra need twenty-plus violins? Violins are well-suited to playing melody, making them one of the most important instruments in the orchestra. Firstly, they are the highest string instrument, so their bright tone rises above the rest of the string section.

A pit orchestra is a type of orchestra that accompanies performers in musicals, operas, ballets, and other shows involving music. ... Such orchestras may vary in size from approximately 30 musicians (early Baroque and Classical opera) to as many as 90–100 musicians (Wagnerian opera).

Instrumentation. The typical symphony orchestra consists of four groups of related musical instruments called the woodwinds, brass, percussion, and strings (violin, viola, cello, and double bass).

The Cleveland Orchestra was founded in 1918 by music-aficionado Adella Prentiss Hughes, businessman John L. Severance, Father John Powers, music critic Archie Bell, and Russian-American violinist and conductor Nikolai Sokoloff, who would become the Orchestra's first music director.

A symphony orchestra will usually have over eighty musicians on its roster, in some cases over a hundred, but the actual number of musicians employed in a particular performance may vary according to the work being played and the size of the venue.

There can be anywhere from one to six harps, depending on the repertoire. Most typically there are one or two harps, though the Philadelphia and Metropolitan Operas are the only North American orchestras with second-harp positions these days.

A symphony orchestra will usually have over eighty musicians on its roster, in some cases over a hundred, but the actual number of musicians employed in a particular performance may vary according to the work being played and the size of the venue.

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Instruments of the OrchestraString family. Violin. Viola [vee-OH-lah] Cello (violoncello) [CHEL-low] ... Woodwind family. Flute, Piccolo. Oboe, English horn. Clarinet, Bass clarinet. ... Brass family. Trumpet. Horn (French horn) Trombone. ... Keyboards and Harp. Celesta [cheh-LESS-tah] Piano. Harpsichord.

Eighty musicians

Orchestra seats are located in the lowest level of the theater, the same level as the stage, though, of course, the stage is raised so that it is accessible for everybody to see.

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