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symphony
has definitions from the fields of music,fine art
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[ noun ] (music,fine art) a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra
Synonyms Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)We attended the premieres of his concertos , symphonies , and suites ; we studied , taught , and performed his piano_sonatas , chamber_music , gavottes , and marches ; we bought his records and played them in our schools and universities . (Jesse Hill Ford, Mountains of Gilead....)The others , the ones in the stands , were spellbound , for hearing the mayor was for them like listening to a symphony was for sophisticated folks in New_York_City . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (music) a large orchestra; can perform symphonies
Synonyms Examples "we heard the Vienna symphony" Used in print (Jesse Hill Ford, Mountains of Gilead....)The others , the ones in the stands , were spellbound , for hearing the mayor was for them like listening to a symphony was for sophisticated folks in New_York_City . Related terms |
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