Definitions for symphony
ˈsɪm fə nisym·pho·ny

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.5 / 4 votes

1. symphony, symphonic musicnoun

   a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra

2. symphony orchestra, symphony, philharmonicnoun

   a large orchestra; can perform symphonies

   "we heard the Vienna symphony"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.3 / 3 votes

1. symphonynoun

   an extended piece of music of sophisticated structure, usually for orchestra

2. symphonynoun

   harmony in music or colour, or a harmonious combination of elements

3. Etymology: From συμφωνία.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SYMPHONYnoun

   Concert of instruments; harmony of mingled sounds.

   Etymology: symphonie, French; σὺν and φωνὴ.

   A learned searcher from Pythagoras’s school, where it was a maxim that the images of all things are latent in numbers, determines the comeliest proportion between breadths and heights, reducing symmetry to symphony, and the harmony of sound to a kind of harmony in sight. Henry Wotton.

   Speak ye who best can tell, ye sons of light,
   Angels! for ye behold him, and with songs
   And choral symphonies, day without night,
   Circle his throne rejoicing. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   The trumpets sound,
   And warlike symphony is heard around;
   The marching troops through Athens take their way;
   The great earl-marshal orders their array. Dryden.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Symphony

   A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often for orchestra. Although the term has had many meanings from its origins in the ancient Greek era, by the late 18th century the word had taken on the meaning common today: a work usually consisting of multiple distinct sections or movements, often four, with the first movement in sonata form. Symphonies are almost always scored for an orchestra consisting of a string section (violin, viola, cello, and double bass), brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments which altogether number about 30 to 100 musicians. Symphonies are notated in a musical score, which contains all the instrument parts. Orchestral musicians play from parts which contain just the notated music for their own instrument. Some symphonies also contain vocal parts (e.g., Beethoven's Ninth Symphony).

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1. symphony

   A symphony is a lengthy composition for full orchestra, usually composed in four movements with the first movement typically in sonata form. It is a large-scale musical piece that became popular during the classical period of western music. Commonly, a symphony features contrasting moods and themes. It is primarily an orchestral composition that is characterized by complexity and unity of structure.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. Symphonynoun

   a consonance or harmony of sounds, agreeable to the ear, whether the sounds are vocal or instrumental, or both

2. Symphonynoun

   a stringed instrument formerly in use, somewhat resembling the virginal

3. Symphonynoun

   an elaborate instrumental composition for a full orchestra, consisting usually, like the sonata, of three or four contrasted yet inwardly related movements, as the allegro, the adagio, the minuet and trio, or scherzo, and the finale in quick time. The term has recently been applied to large orchestral works in freer form, with arguments or programmes to explain their meaning, such as the "symphonic poems" of Liszt. The term was formerly applied to any composition for an orchestra, as overtures, etc., and still earlier, to certain compositions partly vocal, partly instrumental

4. Symphonynoun

   an instrumental passage at the beginning or end, or in the course of, a vocal composition; a prelude, interlude, or postude; a ritornello

5. Etymology: [F. symphonie (cf. It. sinfonia), L. symphonia, Gr. ; sy`n with + a sound, the voice. See Phonetic.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. symphony

   A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, scored almost always for orchestra. A symphony usually contains at least one movement or episode composed according to the sonata principle. Many symphonies are tonal works in four movements with the first in sonata form, which is often described by music theorists as the structure of a "classical" symphony, although many symphonies by the acknowledged classical masters of the form, Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven do not conform to this model.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Symphony

   sim′fō-ni, n. an agreeing together in sound: unison, consonance, or harmony of sound: a musical composition for a full band of instruments: an instrumental introduction or termination to a vocal composition.—n. Symphō′nia, concord in Greek music: a medieval name for the bagpipe, the virginal.—adj. Symphon′ic, relating to, or resembling, a symphony: symphonious.—n. Symphō′nion, a combination of pianoforte and harmonium, the precursor of the orchestrion.—adj. Symphō′nious, agreeing or harmonising in sound: accordant: harmonious.—n. Sym′phonist, a composer of symphonies. [Gr. symphōnia—syn, together, phōnē a sound.]

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:1.5 / 2 votes

1. Symphony

   an elaborate orchestral composition consisting usually of four contrasted and related movements; began to take distinctive shape in the 17th century, and was for long merely a form of overture to operas, &c., but as its possibilities were perceived was elevated into an independent concert-piece, and as such exercised the genius of Mozart and Haydn, reaching its perfection of form in the symphonies of Beethoven.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of symphony in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of symphony in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of symphony in a Sentence

1. Rooma Mehra:

   The most beautiful silence can be heard in the symphonies of nature when the best in the human being embraces in passion this silence - we rejoice in the eternal symphony of soul and silence.. Rooma Mehra

2. Oscar Auliq-Ice:

   In the symphony of dawn, may our spirits also rise, And dance with unbridled joy, beneath the vast, blue skies.

3. George Rieke:

   Excitement in astronomy in the last 70 years has been looking at different wavelengths, before that, all astronomy was done in optical( visible light) and looking at the universe in optical is like going to the symphony concert and only listening to one note. Now, we've got the whole symphony.

4. George Whelton:

   The resounding echo of the mortal coil, echoes in the ears of those who are unprepared for it. To some, it sounds like a symphony - to others, a death toll.

5. Yvonne Padmos:

   In a society brimming with empathy and compassion, the concept of homelessness would cease to exist; for it is through the genuine sharing and caring for one another that we eradicate the silence of suffering and build the symphony of a harmonious humanity.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=symphony
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Symphony
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=symphony
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/symphony
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=symphony
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=symphony
9. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Symphony
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=symphony