All 18 Uses of
symphony
in
The Soloist
- He says he spent some time at the Central Library earlier in the day but couldn't find the desired Brahms double concerto, Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme, Mendelssohn's Third and Fourth Symphonies, Sibelius's Symphony No. 2, and Strauss's Don Quixote.†
Chpt 1.7
- He says he spent some time at the Central Library earlier in the day but couldn't find the desired Brahms double concerto, Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme, Mendelssohn's Third and Fourth Symphonies, Sibelius's Symphony No. 2, and Strauss's Don Quixote.†
Chpt 1.7
- By the way, I said, they'll be working on Beethoven's Third Symphony.†
Chpt 1.12
- "Symphony Number Three in E—Flat Major," he said, practically making the sign of the cross.†
Chpt 1.12
- "You know," I tell him, "I've got tickets to see the National Symphony later this month.†
Chpt 1.12
- I would be happy, too, if I was going to play the Third Symphony, especially with good players.†
Chpt 1.12
- You look over at the next player and say, 'Wow— Napoleon Bonaparte was the original inspiration for Beethoven's Third Symphony, but as legend has it, the composer's opinion of the man changed when he saw the liberator become a tyrant.†
Chpt 1.12
- He called his symphony Eroica, which means heroic, and intended it as a tribute to courage rather than to a single man.†
Chpt 1.12
- I know he's an excellent player, a magnificently accomplished professional musician, because I saw him playing Beethoven's Third Symphony.
Chpt 2.15 *symphony = a long and complex piece of music -- typically for full orchestra in four parts
- …from downtown, was home to Case Western Reserve University, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Cleveland Institute of Music and the jewel of the neighborhood—Severance Hall The Georgian-style home of the Cleveland Orchestra—financed by John Long Severance, the son of John D. Rockefeller's treasurer—was hailed as an architectural triumph and had hosted its first concert in 1931, with conductor Nikolai Sokoloff leading a program that included Bach's Passacaglia and Brahms's First Symphony.†
Chpt 2.16
- He taught at two universities and joined the Pittsburgh Symphony in 1969 and the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1973, but music is only one of his pursuits.†
Chpt 2.17
- He wanted a disheveled Beethoven lost in thought as he conceived the Ninth Symphony while walking through the woods, hands behind his back holding hat and cane.†
Chpt 2.20
- Less than a month later, we return to see the Philharmonic perform Beethoven's Fifth and Eighth Symphonies.†
Chpt 3.24
- At the end of the Eighth Symphony, a single patron has been stirred to a level of uncontrollable passion.†
Chpt 3.24
- When I shut the door and turn the key, I get a symphony.†
Chpt 3.25
- He plays now against a backdrop of sea and sky, a symphony under the trees, right here where impossible wealth meets hopeless suffering.†
Chpt 3.29
- The Finnish composer's Second Symphony, more than a hundred years old, has swept up Mr. Ayers and carried him back to his youth.†
Chpt 3.31
- He narrates the entire forty-minute symphony, fingering an imaginary bass at the start of the fourth movement, a suspenseful rhythm-driven march that creeps along hauntingly and then breaks into a full run, the entire orchestra joining the parade.†
Chpt 3.31
Definition:
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(symphony) a long and complex piece of music -- typically for full orchestra in four parts
or: an orchestra that plays such; or such a performance
or: any harmonious composition of complex parts as in "a symphony for the palate."