different between symphony vs sinfonietta

English

Etymology

From Middle English symphonye, from Old French simphonie, from Latin symphonia, from Ancient Greek ???????? (sumph?nía). Synchronically, syn- +? -phony. Doublet of sinfonia, symphonia, tsampouna, and zampogna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?m.f?.ni/, [?s??.f?.ni]
• IPA^(key): /?s?m.pf?.ni/, [?s?m.pf?.ni]

Noun

symphony (countable and uncountable, plural symphonies)

1. An extended piece of music of sophisticated structure, usually for orchestra.
2. (music) An instrumental introduction or termination to a vocal composition.
3. Harmony in music or colour, or a harmonious combination of elements.
4. (US, informal) A symphony orchestra.

Derived terms

• symphonist

Translations

Anagrams

• hyponyms, physnomy

English

Etymology

Either:

• from the Italian sinfonietta;
• formed on the Italian roots sinfonia (“symphony”) + -etta (feminine diminutive suffix), either in English or in German (as Sinfonietta) and adopted thence; or,
• an alteration of the French symphoniette to resemble an Italian construction of the form sinfonia + -etta.

Compare the French–Italian hybrid symphonietta.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: s?nf?ny??t?, IPA^(key): /s?nf???nj?t?/

or as in Italian

Noun

sinfonietta (plural sinfoniettas or sinfoniette)

1. (music) A small-scale symphony (either in length or size of orchestra needed).
2. (music) A small orchestra.

Translations

References

• “?sinfonietta” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
  ??(sinfoni??tta, s?nf???nj?t?) [It., dim. of prec.]
• Grove Music Online, Sinfonietta
  ??The word is not genuine Italian and has been little used by Italian composers. It was apparently coined by Joachim Raff, whose Sinfonietta in F for ten wind instruments, op.188, was published in 1874.
• The Oxford Companion to Music, sinfonietta
  ??The first known work to be so designated was Rimsky-Korsakov’s Symphoniette sur des thèmes russes, composed c. 1880 and published in 1887. Since the early 20th century the Italian form ‘sinfonietta’ has been preferred (the word is not genuinely Italian, however).

Anagrams

• festination, infestation

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian sinfonietta

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sinfoniet??/, [?s?info?ni?e?t???]
• Rhymes: -et??
• Syllabification: sin?fo?ni?et?ta

Noun

sinfonietta

1. (music) sinfonietta

Declension

Italian

Etymology

sinfonia +? -etta

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sin.fo?nj?t.ta/

Noun

sinfonietta f (plural sinfoniette)

1. Diminutive of sinfonia
2. sinfonia (both senses)

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?nf?n?²?ta/

Noun

sinfonietta c

1. sinfonietta

Declension

References

• sinfonietta in Svensk ordbok (SO)