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fantasia
[ fan-tey-zhuh, -zhee-uh, fan-tuh-zee-uh ]
noun
- Music.
- a composition in fanciful or irregular form or style.
- a potpourri of well-known airs arranged with interludes and florid embellishments.
- something considered to be unreal, weird, exotic, or grotesque.
fantasia
/ ˌfæntəˈzɪə; fænˈteɪzɪə /
noun
- any musical composition of a free or improvisatory nature
- a potpourri of popular tunes woven freely into a loosely bound composition
- another word for fancy
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fantasia1
C18: from Italian: fancy; see fantasy
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Example Sentences
What do we remember more fondly: Fantasia torching a rendition of “Summertime?”
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But here the fantasia fell flat, and pleased neither the public nor the musicians.
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At an orchestral rehearsal, held specially for him, he conducted his new Don Quixote Fantasia.
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On this same occasion Tchaikovsky begged Vladimir Stassov to suggest a subject for a symphonic fantasia.
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I have only just finished the composition of a new work, the symphonic fantasia, Francesca da Rimini.
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This is especially the case in the Fantasia, where the connection of parts is anything but masterly.
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