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symphonic, a. (n.)|sɪmˈfɒnɪk|
[f. symphony + -ic, after harmonic.]
1. a. Welsh Pros. Involving similarity of sound: cf. symphonize 1 b, symphony 2, quot. 1856. b. Having the same sound, pronounced alike; = homophonous 2. c. Applied to a shorthand sign denoting more than one sound; also as n.
1856J. Williams Gram. Edeyrn §1785 There are three kinds of resumption; namely, resumption of letters.., resumption symphonic.., and sense-producing..resumption. 1880J. A. H. Murray in Trans. Philol. Soc. 33 Special facilities of comparing whole classes of symphonic words with each other and their earlier forms. 1904W. E. Thomson tr. Javal's Blind Man's World 154 Phonography with Symphonics. A symphonic sign is one which expresses more than one speech-sound.
2. Harmonious. rare.
1864Webster. 1872C. King Mountaineering Sierra Nev. viii. 175 As we marched down the road, unconsciously keeping step, the sound of our boots had quite a symphonic effect; they were all full of water, and with soft, melodious slushing acted as a calmer upon our spirits.
3. Mus. Of, pertaining to, or having the form or character of a symphony. Also transf. (in reference to poetry), and fig.
symphonic ballet, a ballet choreographed to the music of a symphony, with an emphasis on pattern rather than plot. symphonic jazz, (a) jazz influenced by the form and instrumentation of classical music; (b) classical music scored and performed in jazz style. symphonic poem (tr. G. symphonische dichtung, Liszt), a descriptive orchestral composition of the character and dimensions of a symphony, but freer in form, founded on some special poetic theme or idea.
1864Webster. 1873N. Amer. Rev. CXVI. 241 Liszt, in his Symphonic Poems, has also tried to express poetical thoughts by music alone. 1881Athenæum 26 Mar. 438/1 Smetana's symphonic poem ‘Vltava’ had been produced at the Crystal Palace concert. 1881Cornh. Mag. Mar. 312 Alone in this elemental overture to tempest I..felt through self-abandonment to the symphonic influence how [etc.]. 1883Harper's Mag. Mar. 541/1 The full growth from small beginnings of both symphonic and dramatic forms in music. 1886A. L. Alger tr. Reissman's Life & Works R. Schumann iii. 57 Schumann took an important step forward in the path of his progress... Thus arose: ‘The Carnival’.., the ‘Symphonic Studies’ (Op. 13, 1834) [etc.]. 1889C. H. H. Parry in Grove Dict. Mus. IV. 33/1 Mendelssohn's only other symphonic work was the Lobgesang. Ibid. 34/2 The manner [of Schumann's 1st Symphony] is thoroughly symphonic, impressive and broad. 1913Times 3 Oct. 8/5 The two new works—Sir Edward Elgar's symphonic study for orchestra, Falstaff, and Mr. Hamilton Harty's setting..of..‘The Mystic Trumpeter’. 1926Whiteman & McBride Jazz iii. 58 Symphonic jazz had proved so successful that the Alexandria's cover receipts had risen from $300 to $1200 a day. 1929Metronome Jan. 32/1 Whiteman put jazz in its Sunday dress and made it respectable. He applied the jazz treatment to the classics and established symphonic jazz which could be scored on paper. 1934S. R. Nelson All about Jazz v. 101 Grofé has added ‘Grand Canyon Suite’..to his personal contribution to the field of symphonic Jazz. 1936Times 24 June 14/3 ‘Les Presages’. M. Massine's first symphonic ballet..was revived at Covent Garden last night. 1947W. Mellers Stud. Contemp. Mus. xi. 176 The string quartet Variations, and even Rawsthorne's biggest and most important work, the Symphonic Studies, are more freely based on the same notion of the variation of form. 1958G. Lascelles in P. Gammond Decca Bk. Jazz viii. 104 Paul Whiteman absorbed the nucleus of the Goldkette Orchestra into his own symphonic jazz group. 1964Raffé & Purdon Dict. Dance 487/1 Most choreographers who have attempted symphonic ballet have..used the music as a basis for vague generalisations by way of theme, while avoiding the technical aridity of ‘abstract ballet’. 1976New Yorker 26 Jan. 96/3 The big symphonic ballet in the Allegretto is a space-filling geometrical composition. |