fantasia
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.
Origin of fantasia
1Words Nearby fantasia
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How to use fantasia in a sentence
Audiences exhausted by lockdowns and unrelenting 2020-ness were primed for escape into the undersea fantasia of South Africa’s kelp forests, where Foster met her.
How “My Octopus Teacher” Defied Convention - Issue 99: Universality | Brandon Keim | April 14, 2021 | NautilusWhat do we remember more fondly: fantasia torching a rendition of “Summertime?”
Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban, and Harry Connick Jr. Will Save ‘American Idol’ | Kevin Fallon | September 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut here the fantasia fell flat, and pleased neither the public nor the musicians.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyAt an orchestral rehearsal, held specially for him, he conducted his new Don Quixote fantasia.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyOn this same occasion Tchaikovsky begged Vladimir Stassov to suggest a subject for a symphonic fantasia.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste Tchaikovsky
I have only just finished the composition of a new work, the symphonic fantasia, Francesca da Rimini.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyThis is especially the case in the fantasia, where the connection of parts is anything but masterly.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick Niecks
British Dictionary definitions for fantasia
/ (fænˈteɪzɪə, ˌfæntəˈzɪə) /
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 (def. 13)
Origin of fantasia
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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