Symphony (disambiguation)
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Symphony
A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, scored almost always for orchestra. A symphony usually contains at least one movement or episode composed according to the sonata principle...

is an extended piece of music for orchestra, especially one in sonata form.

Symphony may also refer to:

Music

  • Symphony orchestra
    Orchestra
    An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...

    , which specializes in the performance of post-17th-century orchestral repertoire
  • Symphonic metal
    Symphonic metal
    Symphonic metal is a term used to describe heavy metal music that has symphonic elements; that is, elements that are either borrowed from classical music or, as with progressive rock music, create a style reminiscent of it, e.g...

    , a genre of metal that incorporates its style from symphonies
  • Symphony (musical instrument), a medieval stringed instrument similar to a hurdy gurdy
  • Symphony (album)
    Symphony (album)
    Symphony is an album from the English Soprano singer Sarah Brightman, released in January 2008 . This classical crossover album is a contrast to her previous collaboration with producer Frank Peterson, 2003's Harem; using more Gothic influences instead of Eastern."Running" was the IAAF's Green...

    , a 2008 album by Sarah Brightman
  • Symphonies (EP)
    Symphonies (EP)
    Symphonies is the second EP by American rock band In Fear and Faith. It consists of symphonic orchestral renditions of some of the group's best known songs with a guest vocalist included on nearly every track. It was released on May 3, 2011 through Rise Records.-Background:The planning and idea for...

    , a 2011 remix EP by In Fear and Faith

  • Symphony X
    Symphony X
    Symphony X is an American progressive metal band from Middletown, New Jersey.Founded in 1994 by guitarist Michael Romeo, their albums The Divine Wings of Tragedy and V: The New Mythology Suite have given the band considerable attention within the progressive metal community...

    , a progressive metal band
  • "Symphony", a 1941 song written by Alex Alstone, Jack Lawrence
    Jack Lawrence
    Jack Lawrence was an American songwriter. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975.- Biography :...

    , Andre Gaston Isaac Tabet and Roger Bernstein
  • "Symphony", a song by the French electronic music group Space
  • "Symphonie
    Symphonie (song)
    "Symphonie" is a single released by the German band, Silbermond in 2004 -Cover versions:Soprano singer Sarah Brightman covered the song in English, with the title "Symphony" in 2008. Brightman also used it for the title of the respective album, Symphony...

    ", a 2004 song by Silbermond
    Silbermond
    Silbermond is a German rock band from Bautzen, Saxony. The band consists of Stefanie Kloß, Andreas Nowak, Johannes and Thomas Stolle.-Biography:...

     (also known as "Symphony")
  • "The Symphony", a song by Marley Marl from the album In Control, Volume 1
  • "Symphony of Destruction
    Symphony of Destruction
    "Symphony of Destruction" is a 1992 single by American heavy metal band Megadeth, taken from their 1992 double platinum selling album, Countdown to Extinction. The lyrics explores the hypothetical situation where an average citizen might be placed into a position where he can run the country while...

    ", a 1993 song from American thrash metal band Megadeth from the album Countdown to Extinction
  • "Symphonies
    Symphonies (song)
    "Symphonies" is a song by British wonky pop musician Dan Black, released as the first single from his 2009 debut album UN.Evolving from his previous single "HYPNTZ", the track was written, composed, and produced by Black himself...

    ", a 2009 song by British artist Dan Black from the album UN]]

Computer science

  • Symphony OS
    Symphony OS
    Symphony OS, SymphonyOne or Symphony Linux, is a Live CD Linux-based operating system, developed by Ryan Quinn, Jason Spisak, and Alexander Drummond. The distribution was dormant until 29 June 2011, when a new build was released....

    , a Linux operating system
  • Symphony (software)
    Symphony (software)
    Platform Symphony is a High-performance computing software system developed by Platform Computing, the company that developed Load Sharing Facility . Focusing on the Financial Services Industry , Symphony is designed to deliver scalability and enhances performance for compute-intensive risk and...

    , a distributed computing software
  • IBM Lotus Symphony
    IBM Lotus Symphony
    IBM Lotus Symphony is a suite of applications for creating, editing, and sharing text, spreadsheet, presentations and other documents, and is currently distributed as freeware. First released in 2007, the suite has a name similar to the 1980s DOS suite Lotus Symphony, but the two programs are...

    , an office suite for Windows, Macintosh and Linux
  • Lotus Symphony (DOS), an office suite for DOS from the 1980s
  • Symphony, codename for Windows XP Media Center Edition
    Windows XP Media Center Edition
    Windows XP Media Center Edition is a version of the Windows XP operating system designed to serve as a home-entertainment hub. The last version, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, was released in October 2004.-Versions:...

     2005
  • COIN-OR SYMPHONY, a software library for solving a specific class of operations research problems
  • Symfony
    Symfony
    Symfony is a web application framework written in PHP which follows the model-view-controller paradigm. Released under the MIT license, Symfony is free software...

    , a web application framework written in PHP
  • Symphony CMS, an unrelated content management system
    Content management system
    A content management system is a system providing a collection of procedures used to manage work flow in a collaborative environment. These procedures can be manual or computer-based...

     powered by XML and XSLT

Other

  • Symphony (grape), a type of grape used to make white wine
  • Symphony (candy)
    Symphony (candy)
    Symphony is a variety of chocolate made by Hershey's. The bars contain identical ingredients to the regular chocolate bars made by Hershey's, but have varying amounts of some ingredients in order to give a creamier flavor...

    , a chocolate candy bar manufactured by Hershey's
  • Symphony (MBTA station)
    Symphony (MBTA station)
    Symphony is an underground light rail stop in Boston, Massachusetts on the "E" branch of the MBTA Green Line. It is located at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Huntington Avenue...

    , an underground subway stop in Boston, Massachusetts
  • Symphony Aircraft Industries
    Symphony Aircraft Industries
    Symphony Aircraft Industries was a light aircraft manufacturer based in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada.Between May 2005 and January 2007 SAI manufactured the Symphony SA-160 aircraft for the personal use, touring and flight training market. On January 22, 2007, it declared bankruptcy and ceased...

    , a light aircraft manufacturer
  • Symphony, Alicia Webb
    Alicia Webb
    Alicia Nicole Webb is an American professional wrestling valet. She is perhaps best known for her appearances with the World Wrestling Federation from 1998 until 1999 as Ryan Shamrock-World Wrestling Federation:...

    , the ring name of professional wrestling valet Alicia Webb
    Alicia Webb
    Alicia Nicole Webb is an American professional wrestling valet. She is perhaps best known for her appearances with the World Wrestling Federation from 1998 until 1999 as Ryan Shamrock-World Wrestling Federation:...

  • Symphony 92.4FM
    Symphony 92.4FM
    Symphony 92.4FM is a 24-hour classical music radio station run by MediaCorp in Singapore. It is at present the only classical music radio station available in Singapore.-Directorial Staff:* Vice President : Dahlia Zainuddin...

    , a Singaporean radio channel
  • Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
    Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
    Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, known in Japan as , is an action-adventure game developed and published by Konami in 1997. It is the 14th installment of the Castlevania series, the first installment released for the PlayStation, and a direct sequel to Castlevania: Rondo of Blood.Symphony of the...

    , a video game in the Castlevania series for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn consoles

See also

  • Symphonia (disambiguation)
    Symphonia (disambiguation)
    The Symphonia is an ancient musical instrument.Symphonia may also refer to:* Symphonia , a plant genus of the family Clusiaceae.* Symphonia , a moth genus of the family Crambidae.* Symphonia , a political theory...

  • Symphonie
    Symphonie
    The Symphonie satellites were the first communications satellites built by France and Germany to provide geostationary orbit injection and station-keeping during their operational lifetime...

    , communications satellites from a Franco-German program
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