symphonic
Americanadjective
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Music. of, for, pertaining to, or having the character of a symphony or symphony orchestra.
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of or relating to symphony or harmony of sounds.
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characterized by similarity of sound, as words.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of symphonic
First recorded in 1855–60; symphon(y) + -ic
Vocabulary lists containing symphonic
Music - Middle School
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Example Sentences
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Shorter’s work has been performed by several popular symphonies including Chicago, Detroit and Lyon along with the National Polish Radio Symphonic and Orpheus Chamber orchestras.
From Washington Times • Mar. 3, 2023
Each program ended with Dudamel conducting Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, his best known — and best — orchestral work.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2023
The album’s similarly offbeat fillers are also beautifully played: Mahler’s “Blumine,” cut from his First, and a Symphonic Prelude that, after much debate, has been attributed to Bruckner.
From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2022
Phil in an incomparably rapturous performance of the “West Side Story: Symphonic Dances” in 1982 and recorded it that summer with the orchestra.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2022
He did, and named his prescription a Symphonic Poem or, rather, Poéme Symphonique, which is not quite the same thing.
From Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques by Huneker, James
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