Definition of "orchestration" []

• A musical composition that has been orchestrated. (noun)
• Arrangement of music for performance by an orchestra. (noun)
• Arrangement or control: orchestration of events. (noun)

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• "So, it's a — I don't like to use the word orchestration, that implies more [unclear] about it, than there really was."
• "ESBs usually also provide a process flow engine for orchestrating the messaging interactions that make up a business process-this layer is often referred to as orchestration or workflow."
• "One is dazzled by the beauty of an orchestration which is light and pliant, and capable of expressing delicate shades of feeling; and this struck me the more after the solid massiveness of Mahler's orchestration, which is like heavy unleavened bread."