Meanings (ES + gloss)
orquesta • orquestra (disused)
A large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including some from strings, woodwind, brass and/or percussion; the instruments played by such a group.
It requires quite an orchestra to get a train to start; the guard blows his horn, the stationmaster rings a large bell, and the engine whistles.
The orchestra plays music for the dancers to dance to in the 19th century-styled dance hall.
orquesta • orquestra (disused)
A semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient Greek and Hellenistic theatres.
orquesta • orquestra (disused)
The area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit, immediately in front of and below the stage, sometimes (also) used by other performers.
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