Fisher, Allen wrote:
Choir also has an additional meaning, no? I've often heard of a group of
other instruments referred to as "choir of saxophones" or a "Flute
Choir"
I've not heard chorus used in a context other than in the context of
singers.
To which I would note that I've heard the word chorus used in three
separate contexts, either of which makes this a more on-topic post. One
is a section of a larger work, a cantata, oratorio, or orpera performed
by a group of singers, as in the chorus "Hallelujah", from Handel's
Messiah. The second is as a synonym for refrain, a section which is
used as a response to a verse; the third of course, (along with "verse"
and "section") is as a subset of the lyrics space in Finale....
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