On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 1:04 PM, Frederic Da Vitoria <davito...@gmail.com>wrote:
> 2014-02-03 Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren <reosare...@gmail.com>: > >> On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 12:10 PM, symphonick <symphon...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I agree with Frederic, an "orchestra" can mean a lot of different things. >>> At least we have to explain what it means to claim to be an orchestra. >>> >> >> I'm certainly open to suggestions, I'm just not too good at definitions. >> Any good ideas? :) >> > > > Hm, now I really understand why you wanted to avoid giving a hard > definition :-) > > First, must the definition be style independent? Should we use the same > definition in classical and in jazz? Of course, it would be easier if we > did, but could the same value be meaningful in all musical styles? > I guess that depends on what you mean by "meaningful". I am quite happy calling everything that can within common sense be called an orchestra an orchestra - apparently that definition doesn't satisfy some people, so I was hoping any of them would be able to offer a better one :) -- Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren
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