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symphonic

[sim-fon-ik] / sɪmˈfɒn ɪk /


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In 1829, Mendelssohn visited Scotland for a three-week walking tour, resulting in the other two classics of Germany’s Scottish symphonic songbook: the “Hebrides” Overture and the “Scottish” Symphony.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

This year’s program contained two numbers from movie soundtracks that Eisenhower, back from the war, enjoyed in the 1950s: Dimitri Tiomkin’s symphonic suite from “High Noon” and Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein’s score from “Oklahoma!”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

Western symphonic influences were rarely woven into the mainstream soundtrack.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

We’ve all been to concerts — whether symphonic music or jazz or new age music — and we go in with one mindset and when we come out, we have a completely different disposition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

Even relatively nearby, in Vienna, Brahms ploughed his symphonic furrow, stylistically unaffected by the Bayreuth hurricanes.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall


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