Talk:Musical ensemble

To the best of my knowledge, there is no difference between a symphonic orchestra and a philarmonic orchestra in terms of the number of musicians, instruments, musical arrangement, and quality of the musical performance, but there is a significant difference between the two terms as symphonic orchestra refers to a group of professional musicians who get paid for their musical performance, whereas the term philarmonic orchestra refers to a group of philantropic musicians who do not get paid, at least in theory, for their musical performance. The term philharmonic is rooted on philantropy or philantropic, and means, from its Greek root, philos (friend), and harmony ... namely, friends of harmony.Sydney is cool

I got this info a few years ago from a well known American musicologist. You may review the concept, and make a correction to your article if needed. (Comment by 206.181.220.6 on 22 October 2004)

"[T]he term philarmonic orchestra refers to a group of philantropic musicians who do not get paid, at least in theory, for their musical performance."

Ah. You mean like the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, and Vienna Philharmonic? Emoll (talk) 14:20, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

The term "philharmonic", though bearing the same root (philos) as "philanthropic", is not directly related to the term otherwise. Better translated, it better be read "pleasing/friendly sounds" than "friends of harmony." I don't believe there is any correlation between whether an ensemble calls itself a philharmonic orchestra and whether the members are paid for performances. 69.161.83.118 (talk) 16:03, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

possibilities to get a quarrelling band back to work again

what is the best method ? Prisms and rain (talk) 06:53, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Beastie Boys is not in 3 part there in 4 part

the beastie boys are a 4 part group, not 3 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.61.17.152 (talk) 19:55, 14 June 2010 (UTC)