Definition of fantasia in English:

fantasia

nounˌfantəˈziːəfanˈteɪzɪəfænˈteɪziə

1A musical composition with a free form and often an improvisatory style.
Example sentencesExamples
- The fanfare fantasia before the choral entrance even includes clams.
- Though four generations older than Henry Purcell, Orlando Gibbons wrote a body of music for viols that exerts much the same fascination as Purcell's later and more familiar viol fantasias.
- The finale is a joyous fantasia on much of the music deployed earlier with such skill and evident delight.
- Brahms's Violin Concerto begins with a long ritornello, but for most 19th-century composers sonata form and the fantasia were more important than the ritornello principle.
- It falls somewhere between a large symphonic movement and a fantasia.
1. 1.1 A musical composition based on several familiar tunes.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Glinka once again established formal and stylistic ground plans for future Russian composers in his orchestral fantasia Kamarinskaya, based on two Russian folk tunes.
  This young Chinese clarinettist's recital of potted fantasias on operas by Verdi, Bellini and Ponchielli is bravura fluff.
  Dowland, of course, had written seven lute fantasias based on his song ‘Break now, my heart, and die’ under the title Lacrimae, or Seven Teares.
  The famous Pye recordings of Vaughan Williams ‘Greensleeves’ and Thomas Tallis fantasias are reproduced in stunning sound and they remain my particular favourite for these overplayed works.
  As with its corresponding number in the first orchestral set, the second movement - depicting a camp meeting - is a fantasia based mainly on ragtime dances Ives wrote for the piano in the early 1900s.
2. 1.2 A thing composed of a mixture of different forms or styles.
  the theatre is a kind of Moorish and Egyptian fantasia
  Example sentencesExamples
  Perelman's free-associative style spun fantasias out of girdle ads, tabloid tattle, sleazy pulp fiction and recipe prose.
  This re-release of Amadeus, described by Shaffer as ‘a fantasia based on fact’, boasts 20 additional minutes of music and drama.
  Based on Virginia Woolf's glittering fantasia written as a love-letter to Vita Sackville-West, the story covers four hundred years of history.

Origin

Early 18th century: from Italian, 'fantasy', from Latin phantasia (see fantasy).

Rhymes

Anastasia, aphasia, brazier, dysphasia, dysplasia, euthanasia, Frazier, glazier, grazier, gymnasia, Malaysia

Definition of fantasia in US English:

fantasia

nounfænˈteɪziəfanˈtāzēə

1A musical composition with a free form and often an improvisatory style.
Example sentencesExamples
- Brahms's Violin Concerto begins with a long ritornello, but for most 19th-century composers sonata form and the fantasia were more important than the ritornello principle.
- The finale is a joyous fantasia on much of the music deployed earlier with such skill and evident delight.
- The fanfare fantasia before the choral entrance even includes clams.
- Though four generations older than Henry Purcell, Orlando Gibbons wrote a body of music for viols that exerts much the same fascination as Purcell's later and more familiar viol fantasias.
- It falls somewhere between a large symphonic movement and a fantasia.
1. 1.1 A musical composition based on several familiar tunes.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Dowland, of course, had written seven lute fantasias based on his song ‘Break now, my heart, and die’ under the title Lacrimae, or Seven Teares.
  As with its corresponding number in the first orchestral set, the second movement - depicting a camp meeting - is a fantasia based mainly on ragtime dances Ives wrote for the piano in the early 1900s.
  This young Chinese clarinettist's recital of potted fantasias on operas by Verdi, Bellini and Ponchielli is bravura fluff.
  Glinka once again established formal and stylistic ground plans for future Russian composers in his orchestral fantasia Kamarinskaya, based on two Russian folk tunes.
  The famous Pye recordings of Vaughan Williams ‘Greensleeves’ and Thomas Tallis fantasias are reproduced in stunning sound and they remain my particular favourite for these overplayed works.
2. 1.2 A thing composed of a mixture of different forms or styles.
  the theater is a kind of Moorish and Egyptian fantasia
  Example sentencesExamples
  Perelman's free-associative style spun fantasias out of girdle ads, tabloid tattle, sleazy pulp fiction and recipe prose.
  This re-release of Amadeus, described by Shaffer as ‘a fantasia based on fact’, boasts 20 additional minutes of music and drama.
  Based on Virginia Woolf's glittering fantasia written as a love-letter to Vita Sackville-West, the story covers four hundred years of history.

Origin

Early 18th century: from Italian, ‘fantasy’, from Latin phantasia (see fantasy).

单词	fantasia
释义	Definition of fantasia in English: fantasia nounˌfantəˈziːəfanˈteɪzɪəfænˈteɪziə 1A musical composition with a free form and often an improvisatory style. Example sentencesExamples The fanfare fantasia before the choral entrance even includes clams. Though four generations older than Henry Purcell, Orlando Gibbons wrote a body of music for viols that exerts much the same fascination as Purcell's later and more familiar viol fantasias. The finale is a joyous fantasia on much of the music deployed earlier with such skill and evident delight. Brahms's Violin Concerto begins with a long ritornello, but for most 19th-century composers sonata form and the fantasia were more important than the ritornello principle. It falls somewhere between a large symphonic movement and a fantasia. 1.1 A musical composition based on several familiar tunes. Example sentencesExamples Glinka once again established formal and stylistic ground plans for future Russian composers in his orchestral fantasia Kamarinskaya, based on two Russian folk tunes. This young Chinese clarinettist's recital of potted fantasias on operas by Verdi, Bellini and Ponchielli is bravura fluff. Dowland, of course, had written seven lute fantasias based on his song ‘Break now, my heart, and die’ under the title Lacrimae, or Seven Teares. The famous Pye recordings of Vaughan Williams ‘Greensleeves’ and Thomas Tallis fantasias are reproduced in stunning sound and they remain my particular favourite for these overplayed works. As with its corresponding number in the first orchestral set, the second movement - depicting a camp meeting - is a fantasia based mainly on ragtime dances Ives wrote for the piano in the early 1900s. 1.2 A thing composed of a mixture of different forms or styles. the theatre is a kind of Moorish and Egyptian fantasia Example sentencesExamples Perelman's free-associative style spun fantasias out of girdle ads, tabloid tattle, sleazy pulp fiction and recipe prose. This re-release of Amadeus, described by Shaffer as ‘a fantasia based on fact’, boasts 20 additional minutes of music and drama. Based on Virginia Woolf's glittering fantasia written as a love-letter to Vita Sackville-West, the story covers four hundred years of history. Origin Early 18th century: from Italian, 'fantasy', from Latin phantasia (see fantasy). Rhymes Anastasia, aphasia, brazier, dysphasia, dysplasia, euthanasia, Frazier, glazier, grazier, gymnasia, Malaysia Definition of fantasia in US English: fantasia nounfænˈteɪziəfanˈtāzēə 1A musical composition with a free form and often an improvisatory style. Example sentencesExamples Brahms's Violin Concerto begins with a long ritornello, but for most 19th-century composers sonata form and the fantasia were more important than the ritornello principle. The finale is a joyous fantasia on much of the music deployed earlier with such skill and evident delight. The fanfare fantasia before the choral entrance even includes clams. Though four generations older than Henry Purcell, Orlando Gibbons wrote a body of music for viols that exerts much the same fascination as Purcell's later and more familiar viol fantasias. It falls somewhere between a large symphonic movement and a fantasia. 1.1 A musical composition based on several familiar tunes. Example sentencesExamples Dowland, of course, had written seven lute fantasias based on his song ‘Break now, my heart, and die’ under the title Lacrimae, or Seven Teares. As with its corresponding number in the first orchestral set, the second movement - depicting a camp meeting - is a fantasia based mainly on ragtime dances Ives wrote for the piano in the early 1900s. This young Chinese clarinettist's recital of potted fantasias on operas by Verdi, Bellini and Ponchielli is bravura fluff. Glinka once again established formal and stylistic ground plans for future Russian composers in his orchestral fantasia Kamarinskaya, based on two Russian folk tunes. The famous Pye recordings of Vaughan Williams ‘Greensleeves’ and Thomas Tallis fantasias are reproduced in stunning sound and they remain my particular favourite for these overplayed works. 1.2 A thing composed of a mixture of different forms or styles. the theater is a kind of Moorish and Egyptian fantasia Example sentencesExamples Perelman's free-associative style spun fantasias out of girdle ads, tabloid tattle, sleazy pulp fiction and recipe prose. This re-release of Amadeus, described by Shaffer as ‘a fantasia based on fact’, boasts 20 additional minutes of music and drama. Based on Virginia Woolf's glittering fantasia written as a love-letter to Vita Sackville-West, the story covers four hundred years of history. Origin Early 18th century: from Italian, ‘fantasy’, from Latin phantasia (see fantasy).
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