orchestrion, orchestration, one the line, put my life on the line like a cop

The Pope Gets on the Line, and Everyone Is Talking

By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO and DAN BILEFSKY

Pope Francis has taken to calling ordinary citizens without warning to offer comfort and support in difficult times.

"I didn't know when I got my pharmacist's license I'd put my life on the line like a cop or a soldier."

HOWARD JACOBSON, a pharmacist on Long Island, on a rash of deadly robberies there by gunmen hunting for narcotic painkillers.

on the line

Translate on the line | into Italian

• 1 at serious risk:their careers were on the line

2 (of a picture in an exhibition) hung with its center about level with the spectator’s eye.

line
15 《軍事》
(1) ((通例the 〜))防御線, 前線, 要塞(ようさい)線, ざんごう線；((通例the 〜s))戦線, 布陣

behind the line(s)
敵陣に.

(2) 戦列, 戦闘隊列；横隊（⇔column）.
(3) ((米))戦闘部隊；((英))前線将校.
(4) ((もと))正規軍.


Spotlight:

Giuseppe Verdi

What was Verdi's last opera? Italian composer of operas Giuseppe Verdi was born on this date in 1813. Though he showed musical promise as a youngster, Verdi's early progress was not a given. He hoped to study organ at the Milan Conservatory, but was not accepted to the school, due to what they deemed his inadequate training. So, Verdi studied privately; his pieces met with acclaim, with many of them performed eventually at La Scala. Among his most famous works are Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Don Carlos and Aida. A fan of William Shakespeare, Verdi wrote operas based on three of his plays: Macbeth, Othello and his final opera, the comic Falstaff. When Verdi died in 1901, nearly 30,000 people lined the streets for his funeral procession.

• or・ches・trate
• ━━ v. 管弦楽用に作曲［編曲］する; 入念に準備する.or・ches・tra・tion　n.⇒orchestra

Quote:

"Verdi is my god and my other influences are Berlioz and Puccini, with a dash of Debussy in my orchestration." — George Lloyd

Pat Metheny, a giant of the jazz world, has assembled a typically unusual band on his current tour. It includes four other talented musicians, and an orchestrion: a machine containing more than a dozen instruments http://econ.st/1q0iFZh

orchestrion

Line breaks: or¦ches|trion

Pronunciation: /ɔːˈkɛstrɪən 

  

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(also orchestrina /ˌɔːkɪˈstriːnə/)

NOUN

A large mechanical musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of an orchestra.

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Origin

mid 19th century: from orchestra, on the pattern ofaccordion.