fantasia

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At Medeah, whither I went by the Mouzai'a Pass, so as to see the scene of the fights in which my brothers had played such a noble part, I had another reception, and another fantasia was performed (but this time it was on foot), by the Coulouglis and the Beni Mzab, wearing great hats with ostrich feathers in them.

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  1. noun Music A free composition structured according to the composer's fancy. Also called fantasy.
  2. noun Music A medley of familiar themes, with variations and interludes.

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  • A little Friday fantasia: in September of 2007 Curious Expeditions collected dozens of pictures of stunning old libraries in a post titled Librophiliac Love Letter: A Compendium of Beautiful Libraries, which was just sent to me by my old pal Magnolia.
  • Then came a grotesque imitation of the fantasia, performed by the colonial militia, all drunk, who fired their pistols off under my nose and blackened my face with powder. —  Memoirs
  • He had heard Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony, so, taking Goethe's Laune des Verliebten , he started a kind of fantasia, concocting words and music together. —  Richard Wagner
  • In that same vein, fantasia, and for that matter (though more simplistically) Looney Tunes en'light'ened classical music for several generations of children who wouldn't otherwise touch the stuff. —  On An Overgrown Path
  • "My Winnipeg" - This docu-fantasia is a twisted love poem to Guy Maddin's hometown, replete with tall tales of somnambulists, hermaphrodite streets, and frozen horse carcasses. —  indieWIRE News
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  1. Italian, from Latin phantasia, fantasy; see fantasy.

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  1. from Italian fantasia, a fancy: see fantasy, fancy.
 

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