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UK
/sɪmfˈɒnɪk/
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[ US /sɪmˈfɑnɪk/ ]
[ US /sɪmˈfɑnɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
relating to or characteristic or suggestive of a symphony
symphonic choir -
harmonious in sound
the symphonic hum of a million insects
How To Use symphonic In A Sentence
- If the instrumentation is more sparse, the music is no less symphonic in its scale and approach than we would hope.
- There was, of course, a vast amount of music in the U.S. in this period besides symphonic music, Lutheran hymnody, and Wagnerian opera.
- The first movement is a conventional symphonic Allegro.
- Its symphonic narrative revolves six characters through six ages of man - from the 19th century to distant millennia - then brings them full circle as each one completes their interrupted history.
- In the Finale - to my mind, the most miraculous symphonic movement ever written - Jochum and his Bavarians are supremely moving.
- Where once every conductor with a record contract had to have a Beethoven and Brahms symphonic cycle, today it seems you're nothing without your complete Bruckner and Mahler.
- His new release, "No Beginning, No End," is a remembrance of his late daughter, rendered in symphonic proportions but still uniquely personal. Swinging Into November
- He liked a lot of new music but as soon as he heard a piece of old-fashioned opera or symphonic music he would switch off. Times, Sunday Times
- His own composition classes were solidly based on a historical foundation of Gregorian chant, Palestrinian and Bachian polyphony, Beethoven's symphonic language, and Franck's technique of cyclic themes.
- The fruit of the winter of 1883 and 1884, included also the too-popular "Nathalie" dances, (where, for once, Ivan over-melodized); the "Cinderella" ballet; and his symphonic poem "Dream of Italy. The Genius