2. Noun. A piece or music serving as an overture, interlude or ritornello. ¹
3. Noun. A small symphony orchestra. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sinfonia
1. a symphony [n -NIAS or -NIE] - See also: symphony
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sinfonia
Literary usage of Sinfonia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"sinfonia DOMESTICA When the white wave of a glory that is hardly I Breaks through
my mind and washes it clean, I know at last the meaning ..."
2. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"sinfonia DOMESTICA When the white wave of a glory that is hardly I Breaks through
my mind and washes it clean, I know at last the meaning of my ecstasy, ..."
3. The Life of Ludwig Van Beethoven by Alexander Wheelock Thayer (1921)
"Chapter II The Year 1804—The "sinfonia Eroica"—Beethoven and Breu- ning—The "Waldstein"
Sonata—Sonnleithner, Treitschke and ..."
4. The Life of Ludwig Van Beethoven by Alexander Wheelock Thayer (1921)
"Chapter II The Year 1804—The "sinfonia Eroica"—Beethoven and Breu- ning—The "Waldstein"
Sonata—Sonnleithner, Treitschke and ..."
5. Symphonies and Their Meaning: Third Series: Modern Symphonies by Philip Henry Goepp (1913)
"sinfonia DOMESTIC A." The work followed a series of tone-poems where the graphic
aim is shown far beyond the dreams even of a Berlioz. ..."
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