he words symphony and orchestra may seem to be tangled in a never ending dance of confusion. Some people think the symphony plays classical music, while others think the orchestra plays the symphony. The words are often used interchangeably. Sorting through various definitions offers that the symphony orchestra plays a wide variety of orchestral music, including symphonies. Uh...okay. The symphony may play the music or be the music in our common expression.
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