交こう響きょう曲きょく

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Meanings

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Music term for a large-scale orchestral composition, typically in multiple movements.

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I listened to Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.

この交こう響きょう曲きょくは四よっつの楽がく章しょうから成なる。

This symphony consists of four movements.

〈人ひと〉が交こう響きょう曲きょくを作さっ曲きょくするto compose a symphony
ベートーベンは生しょう涯がいに九ここのつの交こう響きょう曲きょくを作さっ曲きょくした。
Beethoven composed nine symphonies in his lifetime.
交こう響きょう曲きょくを演えん奏そうするto perform a symphony
オーケストラはホールで交こう響きょう曲きょくを演えん奏そうした。
The orchestra performed a symphony in the hall.

交こう響きょう楽がく
交響楽 is a slightly more literary/formal way to refer to a symphony, while 交響曲 is the standard term used for a specific symphonic composition.
シンフォニー
交響曲 is the standard, formal Japanese term for a symphony, while シンフォニー is a loanword often used more casually or in titles.

協きょう奏そう曲きょく
交響曲 (a symphony) is written for full orchestra, whereas 協奏曲 (a concerto) features a solo instrument accompanied by the orchestra.
組くみ曲きょく
組曲 is a suite made up of shorter, often loosely connected movements (sometimes drawn from a larger stage work), while 交響曲 is a symphony, a single large-scale orchestral composition with a tightly integrated multi-movement structure.
ソナタ
ソナタ is a multi-movement work usually for one or a few instruments, while 交響曲 is a large-scale work for full orchestra.

A Sino-Japanese compound: 交響 means 'resounding together' or 'sounding in concert', and 曲 means 'musical piece' or 'composition'.