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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. An instrumental composition serving as an overture, as to an opera or cantata, especially in the 18th century.
  2. n. A symphonic composition.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. In music, same as symphony.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A symphony.
  2. n. A piece or music serving as an overture, interlude or ritornello.
  3. n. A small symphony orchestra.

Etymologies

  1. Italian, from Latin symphōnia, group of musicians; see symphony. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “By the 18th century, composers were calling the overture to an opera, or an oratorio, the "sinfonia".”

    The Guardian: How the great symphonies became our soundtrack to a changing world

  • “The BSO is part of the consortium; the sinfonia will next be heard in Richmond and Detroit.”

    The Washington Post: Links: Weekend roundup -- Ariel Quartet, Juho Pohjonen, BSO Sierra work, and more

  • “The quartet played original instruments – a sinfonia, a fídulo (which seemed to have only one string), viola de gamba, lute, and various versions of guitars.”

    Being in Oaxaca in February

  • “Votem em consciência ... na vossa sinfonia preferida Actualização”

    Archive 2009-09-01

  • “Sete balões de ar quente, cada um equipado com uma coluna de som descolam ao nascer do sol voando sobre o lado ocidental da cidade de Sidney criando uma sinfonia aérea.”

    Orquestra do Céu/Sky Orchestra

  • ““Concentrandoci sulla sincronizzazione di prodotti HP, le stampanti diventano una orchestra in una sinfonia estetica condotta dai PC.””

    No Fat Clips!!! : HP: Invent

  • “A derrota de Napoleão na Rússia inspirou Guerra e Paz de Tolstoi; os acordes da sinfonia 1812 de Tchaikovsky fazem parte da memória musical do mundo.”

    1801

  • “Só para referência: post composto ao som da sinfonia Appalachian Spring, de Aaron Copland.”

    Leituras

  • “Apesar da qualidade do som da banda, o mais excitante no concerto foi a sinfonia de máquinas de jogo e o jogo de imagens das mesinhas de pano verde.”

    The Gift

  • “It is, however, curious that the bag-pipe was known in Italy and Spain during the middle ages, the two countries through which Eastern culture was introduced into Europe, by the name of _zampogna_ or _sampogna_, which strongly recall the Chaldaean _sump [= o] ny [= a] _; and further that in the same countries the word _sinfonia_ should be coexistent with _zampogna_ and have the original meaning attached to the classical”

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"

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