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Definition of Fantasias
1. fantasia [n] - See also: fantasia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fantasias
Literary usage of Fantasias
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Elizabethan Virginal Book: Being a Critical Essay on the Contents of a by Edward Woodall Naylor (1905)
"We still have before us the consideration of 46 Songs, 17 Organ Pieces, 9
arrangements of Madrigals, 22 Fantasias, 7 " Romantic" Pieces, 19 Preludes, ..."
2. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, George Grove (1880)
"Thalberg's other works consist of fantasias on operatic airs by Mozart, Rossini,
Meyerbeer, Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi, Auber, etc., and transcriptions ..."
3. The Men of the Time, Or, Sketches of Living Notables ...: Or, Sketches of by J C Garlington (1852)
"He has also written fantasias, divertissement«, variations, Ac., for the violin,
flute, clarionet, and other instruments. He is also the author of some ..."
4. Posthumous Memoirs of Karoline Bauer: From the German by Karoline Bauer (1884)
"Eckert, who was then seven years old, was allowed to play to Goethe his composition
of the " Erlkonig," and to play fantasias together with Hummel, and, ..."
5. A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians by Theodore Baker (1900)
"... also 5 violin-concertos. •rt-pieces w. pf.; a serenade f. 3 violins. ert-duo f.
2 violins, fantasias and mor- le genre ; many duos w. pf. ..."
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