symphony
noun, plural sym·pho·nies.
- an elaborate instrumental composition in three or more movements, similar in form to a sonata but written for an orchestra and usually of far grander proportions and more varied elements.
- an instrumental passage occurring in a vocal composition, or between vocal movements in a composition.
- an instrumental piece, often in several movements, forming the overture to an opera or the like.
Origin of symphony
Examples from the Web for symphony
Contemporary Examples of symphony
If Japanese whisky is like a symphony, then I am a contented listener.
Are you depressed, like me, that symphony orchestras are declaring bankruptcy, but Justin Bieber earned $58 million last year?
Amid the symphony of symbols, President Barack Obama succeeded.
The son of a French horn player in a symphony orchestra, he began playing the piano “against my will,” he laughs, at age 3.
The Project exhibition commenced on July 4th coupled with a symphony performance in Austin, Texas where Trieb lives.
Historical Examples of symphony
When you write a symphony, you do it out of yourself, but not by yourself.
The Dominant StrainAnna Chapin Ray
"I wonder if you realize what an event for your friends this symphony was," Sally broke in.
The Dominant StrainAnna Chapin Ray
Without my friends, my symphony would have been left unwritten.
The Dominant StrainAnna Chapin Ray
Necessarily the opera must be more romantic than the symphony.
War Letters of a Public-School BoyPaul Jones.
There was nothing in the world she loved so much as a symphony orchestra.
HighacresJane Abbott