orchestra

• n. オーケストラ；オーケストラ?ピット

ラテン語の orchestra（オーケストラ）、orchestral（管弦楽団）、ギリシャ語の erkhesthai（上昇する、踊る）、PIE*ergh（上昇する、昇る）から。

orchestra

orchestra: [17] In ancient Greece, the term orkhéstrā denoted a ‘semicircular space at the front of a theatre stage, in which the chorus danced’ (it was a derivative of the verb orkheisthai ‘dance’). English originally took it over (via Latin orchēstra) in this historical sense, but in the early 18th century orchestra began to be used for the ‘part of a theatre where the musicians played’, and hence by extension for the ‘group of musicians’ itself. The derivative orchestrate [19] was adapted from French orchestrer.

orchestra (n.)

c. 1600, "area in an ancient theater for the chorus," from Latin orchestra, from Greek orkhestra, semicircular space where the chorus of dancers performed, with suffix -tra denoting place + orkheisthai "to dance," intensive of erkhesthai "to go, come," from PIE root *ergh- "to mount" (cognates: Sanskrit rghayati "trembles, rages, raves," rnoti "rises, moves," arnah "welling stream;" Old Persian rasatiy "he comes;" Greek ornynai "to rouse, start;" Latin oriri "to rise," origo "a beginning;" Gothic rinnan, Old English irnan "to flow, run"). In ancient Rome, it referred to the place in the theater reserved for senators and other dignitaries. Meaning "group of musicians performing at a concert, opera, etc." first recorded 1720; "part of theater in front of the stage" is from 1768.

1. The orchestra gave its first performance on Whit Monday.

楽団は月曜日の聖霊降臨祭で初公演を行った。

2.Young conductors earn their spurs in a small orchestra or opera house.

若い指揮者たちが小さなバンドや小さなオペラハウスで頭角を現している。

3.He had nursed an ambition to lead his own big orchestra .

彼は自分のトップオーケストラを指揮したいという夢を持っていた。

4.The orchestra contrived to produce some of its best playing for years.

このオーケストラは長年の最高峰の演奏を見せている。

5.The orchestra has more discipline now,but at the expense of spirit.

そのオーケストラは今ではもっと規律的だが、魂を失っている。