fantasia
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- noun
- /fænˈteɪziə/
- Specialized
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fantasía
- The musician's fantasia allowed him to showcase his improvisational skills while paying homage to traditional tunes.
- artistic fantasia
- fantasia accompanying
Examples
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During the concert, the orchestra played a dazzling fantasia featuring variations on well-known melodies.
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Now, there are three kinds of music on this Fantasia programme.
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The number that opens our Fantasia programme is music of this third kind.
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Make your own Fantasia by combining pictures, graphics, or animation with music.
Academic text (1992) -
The last number on our Fantasia programme is a combination of two pieces of music so utterly different in construction and mood that they set each other off perfectly.
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Now, the number that opens our Fantasia programme, the "Toccata and Fugue," is music of this third kind, what we call absolute music.
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The composer created a stunning fantasia that blended classical themes with modern rhythms.
Synonyms
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A piece of music written by a composer
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A lively piece for an instrument that sounds free and playful
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Etymology
Fantasia comes from an old Greek word meaning 'imagination' and shares its root with English fantasy. So a musical fantasia is like a free, imaginative piece that wanders between themes and ideas.