symphonic
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɪmˈfɒnɪk/
Audio (Northwestern US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Adjective
symphonic (comparative more symphonic, superlative most symphonic)
- (music) Characteristic of a symphony.
- symphonic poem
- She enjoyed the rich symphonic sound of the concert.
- The band incorporated symphonic elements into their rock music.
- 1902 [1898], [George] Bernard Shaw, The Perfect Wagnerite […] [1], second edition, London: Grant Richards, page 123:
- Finally, Mozart's most dramatic finales and concerted numbers are more or less in sonata form, like symphonic movements, and must therefore be classed as musical prose.
Derived terms
- symphonic orchestra
- symphonic poem
- symphonic pop
Translations
characteristic of a symphony
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