symphonetten.
/sɪmfəˈnɛt/ rare.
A popular musical composition in classical symphonic form (cf. symphonic jazz at symphonic adj. 3); a short symphony.
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programme symphony1866
sinfonia concertante1903
sinfonietta1907
symphonette1947
1947 A. Einstein Music Romantic Era xi. 131 Overture, Scherzo, and Finale.., a work that Schumann in all seriousness wanted to bring out as his Second Symphony, or at least as a ‘Symphonette’.
1955 L. Feather Encycl. Jazz 201/1 Completed mambo symphonette in three movements, March 1955.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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