orchestration
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Definition of orchestration
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Other Words from orchestration
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adjective
Synonyms & Antonyms for orchestration
Synonyms
balance, coherence, concinnity, consonance, consonancy, harmony, proportion, symmetry, symphony, unity
Antonyms
asymmetry, discordance, disproportion, disunity, imbalance, incoherence, violence
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With the right orchestration, this cycle could have run for months. — Patty Limerick, The Denver Post, "Limerick: We yearn to help after human tragedies, and there is a way," 16 Aug. 2019 The score features orchestrations by Tom Curran with music supervision and vocal arrangements by Joe Beighton. — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, "Six, the hit pop musical about Henry VIII's wives, is headed to Broadway," 1 Aug. 2019 The secret sauce lies in our musical orchestration. — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, "Why Moulin Rouge! on Broadway is Not Moulin Rouge! the Movie," 19 Aug. 2019 The late William David Brohn’s orchestrations — inventive, bombastic, with a mind of their own — cry out for constant attention, so that the powerful singers have to fight to be heard, sometimes going red in the face. — Margaret Gray, Los Angeles Times, "Review: ‘Miss Saigon’ at Pantages, despite its inevitable insensitivities, surprisingly resonates," 25 July 2019 This movements stands as a tour de force of orchestration and tone painting. — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, "Orbert Davis’ epic ‘The Chicago River’ returns on DVD and CD," 15 July 2019 The production climaxes when the hum of faraway orchestration drifts into the center and blows through everything in its way. — Randall Roberts, latimes.com, "California Sounds: New music from Amon Tobin, Chelsea Wolfe and Salaam Remi & Terrace Martin," 19 June 2019 The song’s adventurous orchestration and unsettling harmonics owe much to Dudgeon’s ambition. — Mitch Goodwin, Quartzy, "How David Bowie created “Space Oddity,” the ultimate space anthem," 12 July 2019 Musically, Favreau’s film learned a few lessons from Taymor’s stage version, at least; there’s a lot less white bread in the orchestrations and in the vocals. — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, "‘The Lion King’ review: I cannot feel the love tonight," 10 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'orchestration.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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