chamber orchestra

noun

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: a small orchestra usually with one player for each part

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Its compositions include dense forests of baritone guitar and an opulent 25-person chamber orchestra. — Allaire Nuss, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025 Anthony Barrese conducts a chamber orchestra curated by the Milwaukee Symphony. — Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 20 Mar. 2025 Thile, guitarist Blake Mills, drummer Matt Chamberlain and a 17-piece chamber orchestra from the University of Southern California. — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026 For example, the orchestra performs Iain Farrington’s transformation of Claude Debussy’s Cello Sonata — originally a cello and piano piece — into a work for chamber orchestra. — Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 22 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for chamber orchestra

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1880, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of chamber orchestra was in 1880

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