leader of the section of an orchestra
Principal
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at once, attack, immediately; used at the end of a section, the term means go on immediately to the next section without a pa…
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the first violinist or leader of an orchestra
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the first violinist or leader of an orchestra
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unkind description of the percussion section of an orchestra