symphonic
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Importantly, Beethoven’s symphonic essay on leadership and power was followed by the premiere of orchestrations by several composers of selected variations from Frederic Rzewski’s “The People United Will Never Be Defeated.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Warren Hood, who has been equally at home with symphonic music and in jug bands, provides an often central and dominant fiddle.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
In the last room, a crescendo of monumental full portraits, the atmosphere is symphonic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
The rock band Queen were the star guests at the Last Night of the Proms, giving their first ever symphonic performance of their rock operetta, Bohemian Rhapsody.
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025
The person most haunted by Berlioz’s symphonic setting of Romeo and Juliet, on the other hand, was Richard Wagner, who used it as a stylistic template for his opera Tristan und Isolde in 1865.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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Music - Middle School
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