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Definition of Sinfonietta
1. Noun. (music) A small-scale symphony (either in length or size of orchestra needed). ¹
2. Noun. (music) A small orchestra. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sinfonietta
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sinfonietta
Literary usage of Sinfonietta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Allen A. Brown Collection of Music in the Public Library of by Allen Augustus Brown (1916)
"N.444.24 CHADWICK, GW sinfonietta in D major (in four movements). ... GOUNOD, CF
Petite symphonie, hautbois, deux clarinettes, deux RAFF, JJ sinfonietta. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... 'Sonata for piano and violincello in F' (Op. 78), and among his orchestral
works are 'sinfonietta' (Op. 90; his first opus for orchestra) ; 'Ouver- ture ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... and among his orchestral works are «sinfonietta' (Op. 90; his first opus for
orchestra) ; «Ouverture zu einem Lustspiel' (Op. 120); 'Klavierkonzert' ..."
4. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians: Being the Sixth Volume of the by George Grove, Waldo Selden Pratt, Charles Newell Boyd (1920)
"The sinfonietta was first given in Jordan Hall, Boston, by an orchestra of players
from the Symphony Orchestra, under the composer's direction, on Nov. ..."
5. Music: A Monthly Magazine, Devoted to the Art, Science, Technic and (1898)
"... Antar, is more properly a descriptive poem; the third, in C, was composed in
1886. To these it is necessary to add a sinfonietta upon Russian themes, ..."
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