SYMPHONY | Meaning In The Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of symphony in English symphonynoun [ C ]   music uk /ˈsɪm.fə.ni/ us /ˈsɪm.fə.ni/ Add to word list Add to word list a long piece of music for an orchestra, usually with four movements (= parts): Mahler's ninth symphony Musical pieces
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symphonic adjective (Definition of symphony from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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symphonynoun [ C ] us /ˈsɪm·fə·ni/ Add to word list Add to word list music a long piece of music usually in four parts and played by an orchestra (= large group playing different instruments) (Definition of symphony from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of symphony

symphony His counterexample to my definition is: touching your nose for 30 seconds (short activity) versus listening to a symphony (long activity). From the Cambridge English Corpus I have always dreamt of playing in a symphony orchestra. From the Cambridge English Corpus An analogy may be a symphony orchestra whereby, aurally, instruments are added when required and removed when no longer required. From the Cambridge English Corpus There are occasional exceptions, but in general, the institutions of the symphony, opera and chamber music have ignored our art form. From the Cambridge English Corpus Most progressive composers must surely have regarded such string symphonies as heard here - all of which were composed between c1740 and c1755 - as an anachronism. From the Cambridge English Corpus Twelve years later this revised version formed the basis for the symphony movement - after being subjected to further revision. From the Cambridge English Corpus It also has the dimensions and structure of a symphony; with an assertive opening, slow movement, scherzo, and a summational and revelatory finale. From the Cambridge English Corpus Is your enjoyment of the music just reduced by 3/60 of what it would have been if the whole symphony were played? From the Cambridge English Corpus Birds whistle, only man sings, and one cannot hear a song or a symphony without immediately saying: another sentient being is here. From the Cambridge English Corpus How is a symphony started by the orchestra? From the Cambridge English Corpus Clearly there is an interface here (although interface is perhaps too rigid a word) between symphonies with titles and symphonies with topics. From the Cambridge English Corpus Examples of all these processes are found in the symphony's first section. From the Cambridge English Corpus In the symphony as a whole he let himself down by attempting to hang weighty arguments on material unsuitable for extended treatment. From the Cambridge English Corpus His catalogue of seventy works includes five symphonies. From the Cambridge English Corpus She need not have worried: this work is audibly a symphony from first bar to last. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of symphony?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 交響樂,交響曲… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 交响乐,交响曲… See more in Spanish sinfonía, sinfonía [feminine, singular]… See more in Portuguese sinfonia, sinfonia [feminine], orquestra sinfônica [feminine]… See more in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Korean in Ukrainian in Italian 交響曲, 交響曲(こうきょうきょく), 交響楽団(こうきょうがくだん)… See more senfoni… See more symphonie [feminine], orchestre [masculine] symphonique, symphonie… See more simfonia… See more symfonie… See more symfonie… See more symfoni… See more simfoni… See more ดนตรีวงใหญ่… See more khúc nhạc giao hưởng… See more symfonia… See more symfoni… See more simfoni… See more die Sinfonie… See more symfoni [masculine], -symfonien [masculine], symfoni… See more 교향곡… See more симфонія… See more sinfonia… See more Need a translator?

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