シンフォニア

noun

sinfonia; symphony

In a musical context, refers to a sinfonia or symphony, often used for early Italian instrumental works or as a general term for a symphony.

from Italian

• バロック時じ代だいのシンフォニアは、オペラの序じょ曲きょくとして演えん奏そうされた。

  Baroque sinfonias were performed as opera overtures.

noun

Italian overture

Specifically refers to the Italian-style overture, a three-movement form common in the Baroque period.

• このシンフォニアは、典てん型けい的てきなイタリア風ふう序じょ曲きょくの形けい式しきを持もっている。

  This sinfonia has the typical form of an Italian overture.