Look up: Symphony

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   symphony
   [n] - a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra
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   Symphony
   An extended work for orchestra, often divided into several movements.
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   Symphony
   Literal meaning: ‘sounding together`. The symphony as we know it today was established in the 18th century, originally consisting of 3 movements (usually fast - slow - fast) until 4 movements became the norm in the latter 18th century
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   Symphony
   (tool, product) Lotus Development's successor to their Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet. Unlike 1-2-3, Symphony allowed a limited form of multitasking. The user could switch manually between it and MS-DOS and separate graph and spreadsheet windows could be opened simultaneously and would be updated automatically when cells were changed. In addition, a sm...
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   Symphony
   Sym'pho·ny noun ; plural Symphonies . [ French symphonie (cf. Italian sinfonia ), Latin symphonia , Greek ...; sy`n with + ... a sound, the voice. See Phonetic .] 1. A consonance or harmony of sounds, agreeable to the ear, whether the sounds are vocal or instrumental, or both. « The trumpets sound, And warlike symphony in ...
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   symphony
   symphonic music noun a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra
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   Symphony
   A `symphony` is a musical composition, often extended and usually for orchestra. `Symphony` does not imply a specific form. Although many symphonies are tonal works in four movements with the first in sonata form, and this is often described by music theorists as the structure of a `classical` symphony, even some symphonies by the acknowledged classical masters of the form Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven do not conf...
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   Symphony
   • (n.) An instrumental passage at the beginning or end, or in the course of, a vocal composition; a prelude, interlude, or postude; a ritornello. • (n.) A stringed instrument formerly in use, somewhat resembling the virginal. • (n.) An elaborate instrumental composition for a full orchestra, consisting usually, like the sonata, of th...
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   Symphony
   (from the article `Fortner, Wolfgang`) ...in Germany. His early style was held to be much influenced by Baroque music; it is highly contrapuntal and melodically severe. Later his music ...
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    symphony
    a lengthy form of musical composition for orchestra, normally consisting of several large sections, or movements, at least one of which usually ... [12 related articles]
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    symphony
    symphony 1. Music in parts, sung or played by a number of performers with pleasing effect; concerted or harmonious music. 2. An elaborate orchestral composition in three or more movements, originally developed from the operative overture, similar in form to a sonata, but usually of grander dimensions and broader style.3. A concert by a symphony orchestra.
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    symphony
    symphony [Gr.,=sounding together], a sonata for orchestra.The Italian operatic overture, called sinfonia, was standardized by Alessandro Scarlatti at the end of the 17th cent. into three sections, the first and last being fast and the middle one slower in tempo. Since these sinfonie had little music...
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