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symphony

[sim-fuh-nee] / ˈsɪm fə ni /
NOUN
band
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In the first, he led a brilliantly played performance of Beethoven’s “Eroica” symphony, which speaks well for a fall season that will rely heavily on Beethoven.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

I’m doing it for them, with the help of admirers who were happy to join the symphony.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

It’s already quite hot inside my shoebox apartment as the radiators clank away, drowning out my upstairs neighbor’s heavy footsteps with their cacophonous symphony.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

Ever the eager pedagogue, as played with buoyant energy by Mr. Morse, Beckett annotates her performance: “Haydn based that movement of the symphony on a folk song. From Croatia.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

She gets to next Friday and says, “Wow, the symphony? Woman to Woman sure does plan some extravagant events.”

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson




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