sinfonia
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Origin of sinfonia
From Italian, dating back to 1880–85; see origin at symphony
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The sinfonia said this left them with a shortfall of £1m over three years.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2023
A 17th-century sinfonia, played with quicksilver energy by the ensemble, created a bridge to the past.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2022
When the music stopped, I put on another old favorite of mine, a sinfonia concertante.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2021
Rossi’s publication of books of Sinfonie e gagliarde in 1607 and 1608 are among the earliest printed references to the sinfonia as a distinct form.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
In 1815 he made a concert tour in France and Italy, during which he met Rossini and Paganini, playing at Venice a sinfonia concertante of his own composition, with the latter.
From Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday by Lahee, Henry Charles
So, with respect and plucky daring, Labadie fashioned a concerto from three Bach movements that feature a solo violin: two sinfonias sandwiching an adagio from the “Easter Oratorio.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2021
After a night off Mr. Schiff was back for a superb solo recital of Bach’s sinfonias, Bartok’s Piano Sonata and Beethoven’s “Diabelli” Variations, with a sublime account of Beethoven’s Opus 109 Sonata as an encore.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2011
He played some rarely performed Bach sinfonias at London's Wigmore Hall this week, having just completed a US tour.
From BBC ● May 4, 2011
I am about to compose a sinfonie concertante,—flute, Wendling; oboe, Ramm; French horn, Punto; and bassoon, Ritter.
From The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Nohl, Ludwig
The sinfonie is in Re, the andante in Sol, for here one must not say in D or in G. Le Gros is now all for me.
From The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Nohl, Ludwig
"Oh, yes! if I may, with equal confidence, rely on its being performed, and that it will not fare like the sinfonie concertante."
From The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Nohl, Ludwig
On August 15th, Ascension Day, my sinfonie, with the new andante, is to be performed for the second time.
From The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Nohl, Ludwig
With regard to the sinfonie concertante there appears to be a hitch, and I believe that some unseen mischief is at work.
From The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Nohl, Ludwig
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