What Does Symphonia Mean in Latin?

The root of the Greek word symphonia is phone, meaning voice. or sound. Symphonia was later loan-translated into Latin as con- sonantia, a word which prefigures the later meanings of interval and. concord or harmony.

Is Symphonia a word?

Symphonia (Greek συμφωνία) is a much-discussed word, applied at different times to the bagpipe, the drum, the hurdy-gurdy, and finally a kind of clavichord. ... "Symphonia" or chifonie was applied during the 13th and 14th centuries, in the Latin countries more especially, to the hurdy-gurdy.

What is the meaning of sinfonia in music?

sinfonia:Meaning of sinfonia in opera. Sinfonia. Sinfonia (Italian: symphony) in earlier usage indicated a passage or piece of instrumental music, sometimes an introductory piece; it led to the Italian overture, known as the 'sinfonia before the opera': the origin of the Italian symphony.