Noun: orchestration ,or-ku'strey-shun
- The act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments
"Ravel's orchestration of 'Pictures at an Exhibition' brought new life to Mussorgsky's piano work";
- instrumentation
- An arrangement of a piece of music for performance by an orchestra or band
"The composer's orchestration of the piano piece was stunning"
- An arrangement of events that attempts to achieve a maximum effect
"the skilful orchestration of his political campaign"
Derived forms: orchestrations
Type of: arrangement, arranging, musical arrangement, transcription
Encyclopedia: Orchestration