Sinfonietta may refer to:
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Sinfonietta (orchestra) A sinfonietta is a musical group that is larger than a chamber ensemble but smaller than a full-size or symphony orchestra.
There are many orchestras called ''sinfonietta''. Some groups are still a sinfonietta despite not including the word in thei ...
, a musical group that is larger than a chamber ensemble but smaller than a full-size orchestra
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Sinfonietta (symphony)
A sinfonietta is a symphony that is smaller in scale (either in terms of length or the instrumental forces required), or lighter in approach than a standard symphony. Although of Italian form, the word is not genuine in that language and has seld ...
, a symphony that is smaller in scale or lighter in approach than a standard symphony
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Sinfonietta (Britten)
Benjamin Britten's Sinfonietta was composed in 1932, at the age of 18, while he was a student at the Royal College of Music. It was first performed in 1933 at The Ballet Club, London conducted by Iris Lemare. It was published as his Op. 1 and d ...
, a 1932 composition by Benjamin Britten
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Sinfonietta (Janáček)
The Sinfonietta (subtitled "Military Sinfonietta" or "Sokol Festival") from 1926 is a late work for large orchestra (of which 25 are brass players) by the Czech composer Leoš Janáček. It is dedicated "To the Czechoslovak Army" and Janáček ...
, a 1926 composition by Leoš Janáček
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Sinfonietta (Korngold) The Sinfonietta in B major, Op. 5, is the first large-scale orchestral work written by the 20th-century Austrian composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Korngold began sketching the work in the spring of 1912 (about a year after his childhood mento ...
, a 1912 composition by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
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Sinfonietta (Moroi), a 1943 composition by Saburō Moroi
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Sinfonietta (Theodorakis), a 1947 composition by Mikis Theodorakis
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Sinfonietta (Poulenc)
The Sinfonietta, FP 141, is a work for orchestra by Francis Poulenc. Composed in 1947 on a commission from the BBC, it was first performed in London on 24 October 1948, conducted by Roger Désormière. The work, light and full of dance rhythms, is ...
, a 1947 composition by Francis Poulenc
* ''Sinfonietta'', a 1978 ballet by
Jiří Kylián
Jiří Kylián (born 21 March 1947) is a Czech former dancer and contemporary dance choreographer.
Life
Jiří Kylián was born in 1947 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, to his father Václav who was a banker and to his mother Markéta, who was as a ...
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