orchestration

English

Etymology

From French orchestration.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

orchestration (countable and uncountable, plural orchestrations)

1. (uncountable, music) The arrangement of music for performance by an orchestra.
2. (countable, music) A composition that has been orchestrated.
3. (uncountable, by extension) The control of diverse elements.
   • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]

     It’s “The Most Dangerous Game” by way of The Running Man and Battle Royale, with touches of Survivor and the mass-scale orchestration of The Truman Show.

4. (uncountable, by extension, computing) The automated arrangement, coordination, and management of computer systems, middleware, and services.

Translations

arrangement of music for an orchestra

• Finnish: orkesterisovitus, soitinnus, orkestraatio (fi), orkestrointi (fi)
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• Greek: ενορχήστρωση (el) f (enorchístrosi)

composition that has been orchestrated

• Finnish: orkesterisovitus, orkestraatio (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

control of diverse elements

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: orkestrointi (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: ενορχήστρωση (el) f (enorchístrosi)

Further reading

• orchestration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• orchestration (computing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.ʃɛs.tʁa.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

orchestration f (plural orchestrations)

1. orchestration