sinfonia
[sin-foh-nee-uh; Italian seen-faw-nee-ah]
- a symphony.
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Origin of sinfonia
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The first page was rewritten and only then did the symphony receive the title: Sinfonia eroica.
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume II (of 3)Alexander Wheelock Thayer
The programme has eluded search; but one number was the Sinfonia Eroica, conducted by its author.
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume II (of 3)Alexander Wheelock Thayer
It was the Sinfonia Eroica—its first semi-public production.
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume II (of 3)Alexander Wheelock Thayer
Lulu plays Strauss's Sinfonia Domestica on the mouth organ really screamingly.
The Inca of PerusalemGeorge Bernard Shaw
Yet in the sinfonia its proportions seem to reveal themselves for the first time.
sinfonia
- another word for symphony (def. 2), symphony (def. 3)
- (capital when part of a name) a symphony orchestra
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Word Origin
Italian
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Word Origin and History for sinfonia
n.
1773, from Italian sinfonia, from Medieval Latin symphonia (see symphony).
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