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ORCHESTRE CHAMBRE [1 record]

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Record 1 2024-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music
CONT

An orchestra especially includes stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals. It can be a chamber orchestra, which is a small orchestra of around 25 musicians, often playing strings and performing in, historically, palace chambers for royalty. A symphony orchestra is large, sometimes topping 100 members, and is organized to play symphonies (in concert halls).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique
CONT

Un orchestre de chambre est un orchestre de 15 à 30 musiciens environ, mais ce n'est pas une règle absolue.

Spanish

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