Sinfonia vs Sinfonietta - What's the difference?
sinfonia | sinfonietta |
A symphony.
A piece or music serving as an overture, interlude or ritornello.
A small symphony orchestra.
(music) A small-scale symphony (either in length or size of orchestra needed).
(music) A small orchestra.
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??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 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).
As nouns the difference between sinfonia and sinfonietta
is that sinfonia is a symphony while sinfonietta is a small-scale symphony (either in length or size of orchestra needed).sinfonia
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* “?sinfonietta]” listed in the [2nd Ed.; 1989]
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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. * '',
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).