pops orchestra

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English

Noun

pops orchestra (plural pops orchestras)

  1. (music) An orchestra that plays popular music and show tunes as well as well-known classical works.
    • 2001, Lori Stone, The Black Squall, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 1:
      I was minding my own business, tending pampered animals at my veterinary clinic, and looking forward to joining friends at an alfresco performance of the local Pops orchestra that evening.
    • 2005, Robert Bartlett, The Salem Syndrome, Nelson Publishing&Marketing, →ISBN, page 111:
      Steven was admittedly an unashamed romantic, but he thought the idea of naming the concerts should be consigned to the summertime pops orchestra.
    • 2014, David Jenness, Donald Velsey, Classic American Popular Song: The Second Half-Century, 1950–2000, Routledge, →ISBN:
      When you hear a jazz trio or pops orchestra play the music of a song you know—provided that it is played in more or less the way you are familiar with—the words come back to you unbidden.

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