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‖ sinfonia Mus.|sinfoˈnia, sɪnˈfəʊniːə|
Pl. sinfonie, -ias.
[It., = symphony.]
a. In early Italian opera: the overture.
b. A symphony.
c. (Used in the title of) a small symphony orchestra or chamber orchestra.
1773C. Burney Present State of Music in France & Italy 382, I heard a sinfonia or overture and a chorus..which were excellent. 1818W. Gardner tr. Bombet's Lives of Haydn & Mozart 256 The sinfonia in The Creation, which represents the rising of the sun, is an exemplification of this theory. 1828E. Holmes Ramble among Musicians of Germany 180 The composition given this afternoon was Mozart's Jupiter sinfonia. 1884Encycl. Brit. XVII. 87/1 The sinfonia or overture which is often associated with his [sc. Scarlatti's] name. 1924A. Ham Outl. Mus. Form xix. 82 An Overture..is an expansion of the Sinfonia or Symphony. 1946David & Mendel Bach Reader i. 39 Neither the Inventions and the Sinfonias nor the two books of the Well-Tempered Clavier..were printed during Bach's lifetime. 1967I. Spink Hist. Approach to Mus. Form iii. 98 These operas were not in recitative throughout. They also included choruses, dances and instrumental pieces or sinfonie. 1976Leicester Mercury 16 July, He had recently contacted about 60 top class instrumentalists..with the intention of forming an orchestra which..would be called the Rutland Sinfonia.
Also sinfonia concertante |kontʃerˈtante| [concertante], a symphonic work exhibiting characteristics of the concerto.
1903R. Hughes Mus. Guide I. 266/2 S. concertan'te, concerta′ta, concertate{ddd}concerto for many instrs., a concerto symphony. 1928Musical Times 1 Feb. 165/1 M. Ansermet..conducted William Walton's new ‘Sinfonia Concertante’ for orchestra and pianoforte. 1946Mendel & Broder tr. Einstein's Mozart xvi. 274 Mozart cultivated this form less and less as the years went on. He abandoned the sinfonia concertante, and separated its ingredients. 1950R. Hughes Haydn vii. 80 At the fourth concert on 9th March [1792] the endearing Sinfonia concertante for violin, cello, oboe and bassoon was performed for the first time. 1959[see arguably adv.]. 1979Early Music July 415/2 Clarinettists will find in the E flat Symphony by the Earl of Kelly..what amounts to a sinfonia concertante. |