The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra was conceived by Britten as a score for a 1946 documentary film, Instruments of the Orchestra, and it was presented in that medium in London. Soon it was appropriated for the concert hall by symphony orchestras for performance, often with spoken commentary.
Founded in 1842 as the Philharmonic Society of New York under the conductorship of American-born Ureli Corelli Hill, the orchestra merged with Walter Damrosch's Symphony Society of New York in 1928.
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When we think of the 'traditional' layout of an orchestra, we think of the violins directly to the left of the conductor and the violas in the centre, with the woodwind and then the percussion behind them. ... In fact, the second violins used to be seated opposite the first violins, where the cellos normally are.
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A guitar orchestra is an ensemble of players, all sitting like a "real orchestra," usually clustered around a conductor with music stands in front of them, all playing guitars and generally looking at a page of music.
The Four Sections refers to the four sections of the orchestra: strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion.
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The heart of the Classical orchestra was the string family.
It's a bassoon. This instrument is often called the clown of the orchestra.
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Put simply, oratorio denotes a (usually) sacred work for soloists, chorus and orchestra intended for concert performance. ... By the mid-17th century oratorio performances were a major cultural attraction in Rome.
A modern full-scale symphony orchestra consists of approximately one hundred permanent musicians, most often distributed as follows: 16–18 1st violins, 16 2nd violins, 12 violas, 12 cellos, 8 double basses, 4 flutes (one with piccolo as a specialty), 4 oboes (one with English horn as a specialty), 4 clarinets (one with ...
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra composed by Britten in 1946, is based on a theme from Abdelazar written by Henry Purcell in 1695, and is played by the entire orchestra at the beginning, and then is scored for individual sections at a time: first the woodwinds, followed by the brass, then the strings, and ...
Orchestra Conductor Salary Annual Salary Monthly Pay Top Earners $78,000 $6,50075th Percentile $54,000 $4,500Average $47,363 $3,94625th Percentile $29,000 $2,416
The typical orchestra is divided into four groups of instruments: strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion.
An orchestrator is a trained musical professional who assigns instruments to an orchestra or other musical ensemble from a piece of music written by a composer, or who adapts music composed for another medium for an orchestra.
The woodwind family sits together in the middle of the orchestra, behind the violins and violas. The name “woodwind” originated because the instruments were once made of wood and are played using wind (by blowing).
Sections of an Orchestra The string section is the most important part of a symphony orchestra. It has more than half of the musicians and consists of violins, violas, cellos and string basses .