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Symphony vs Suite - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between symphony and suite

is that symphony is an extended piece of music of sophisticated structure, usually for orchestra while suite is a retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage; as, the suite of an ambassador.

symphony

English

Noun

(wikipedia symphony) (symphonies)
  • an extended piece of music of sophisticated structure, usually for orchestra
  • harmony in music or colour, or a harmonious combination of elements
  • (US, informal) a symphony orchestra
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    suite

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage; as, the suite of an ambassador.
  • A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or classed together; a set; as, a suite of rooms; a suite of minerals.
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  • Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of collections, rather than superficial study of every packet that comes to hand.
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  • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, […].}}
  • A group of connected rooms, usually separable from other rooms by means of access.
  • (music)  A musical form, popular before the time of the sonata, consisting of a string or series of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms, with sometimes an elaborate prelude.
  • (music)  An excerpt of instrumental music from a larger work that contains other elements besides the music; for example, the Nutcracker Suite'' is the music (but not the dancing) from the ballet ''The Nutcracker'', and the ''Carmen Suite'' is the instrumental music (but not the singing and dancing) from the opera ''Carmen .
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