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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

Further reading#

  • Alvarez, Alberto J. 2007. Sinfonietta en re de Ernesto Halffter. Málaga: Ediciones Maestro. .
  • Bird, Steven Carl. 1985. “Folk Material and Its Relationship to Structure and Form in Janácek’s Sinfonietta”. Acta Janáčkiana 2:64-75.
  • Kemp, Ian. 1998. “Sinfonietta 1950: Colour of Design”. In Hindemith-Jahrbuch/Annales Hindemith, no. 27:180–96.
  • Krier, Yves. 1998. “La Sinfonietta: Une introduction à l’art classique roussélien”. Musurgia: Analyse et Pratique Musicales 5, nos. 3–4:163–90.
  • Loll, Werner. 1992. “Ein Spiel mit Moden und Traditionen: Zur Sinfonietta op. 23”. Österreichische Musikzeitschrift 47, no. 4 (April): 190–98.
  • Palacios Nieto, María. 2006. “Nueva música sinfónica: Acogida crítica y análisis de Sinfonietta”. Cuadernos de Música Iberoamericana, no. 11 (“Monográfico dedicado a Ernesto Halffter (1905–1989) en su centenario”, edited by Emilio Casares Rodicio): 123–40.
  • Schmitz, Eugen. 1905. Max Reger’s Sinfonietta. Münchner Broschüren 4. Munich: G. Müller.

See also#

  • Little Symphony (disambiguation)
  • Chamber Symphony (disambiguation)