additional accompaniments

A form of additional accompaniment — The practice of enlarging and revising the orchestration of an earlier work, usually a Baroque piece, to accommodate the larger contemporary orchestras and tastes of the time.

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of additional accompaniment
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