sinfonia

[ sin-foh-nee-uh; Italian seen-faw-nee-ah ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Music.

, plural sin·fo·ni·as, sin·fo·ni·e [sin-foh-, nee, -ey, seen-faw-, nee, -e].

sinfonia

/ ˌsɪnfəˈnɪə /

From Italian, dating back to 1880–85; symphony

Italian

The first page was rewritten and only then did the symphony receive the title: Sinfonia eroica.

The programme has eluded search; but one number was the Sinfonia Eroica, conducted by its author.

Yet in the sinfonia its proportions seem to reveal themselves for the first time.

Strauss's last work will lose nothing by calling itself quite simply Sinfonia Domestica, without adding any further information.

We have already shown in the second period, when treating of the Sinfonia eroica, what were Beethoven's political sentiments.

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