orchestratorn.
/ˈɔːkᵻstreɪtə/, /ˈɔːkɛstreɪtə/, U.S. /ˈɔrkəˌstreɪdər/ A person who composes or arranges music for an orchestra, band, etc. Also figurative: a person who directs, manages, or coordinates.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > composer > [noun] > composer by type of music
fuguist1789
symphonist1789
melodist1826
threnodist1827
instrumentalist1838
melophonist1847
polyphonist1864
musical dramatist1866
operettist1867
tone poet1874
orchestrator1875
French Impressionist1876
monodist1888
romantic1892
neoclassicist1899
orchestralist1899
variationist1900
mensuralist1901
tone-painter1903
impressionist1908
pre-Romantic1918
phrase-maker1924
polytonalist1925
atonalist1929
dodecaphonist1953
serialist1954
twelve-toner1955
miniaturist1962
minimalist1969
tonalist1982
the world > relative properties > order > [noun] > putting in order > putting in orderly combination > one who
co-orderer1657
co-ordinator1864
orchestrator1974
1875 Ladies' Repository Dec. 536/1 Wagner is an ingenious orchestrator, and nothing more.
1926 Melody Maker Jan. 20 In those days..the dance band was not studied by the orchestrator as it is now, and one had to ‘fake’ saxophone and banjo parts.
1974 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Nov. 1226/3 The orchestrator of this campaign was to be Ricardo de la Cierva, a dynamic and prolific historian.
1997 Cathedral Music Autumn–Winter 32/1 This work shows Widor's considerable skill as a successful orchestrator, not always an organist's best trait.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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