fantasia

Classical and Romantic Examples from the Classical period are Mozart's Fantasia in D minor, K. 397 for fortepiano and his Fantasia in C minor, K. 475. Ludwig van Beethoven's 13th and 14th (the famous 'Moonlight') Piano Sonatas are both headed with "Sonata quasi una fantasia".

In the seventeenth century, the term fantasia referred mainly to the free nature of a text or a set melody. But the compositions often kept to the strict rules of counterpoint. It was only later that the term was also used for compositions of a more semi-improvised character.

A fantasia is a piece of music unbound by strict form, with its roots in improvisation. There's a thesis waiting to be written about the use of classical music terms in contemporary retailing. Today, for instance, 'Fantasie' is a popular make of bra.

: a work (such as a poem or play) in which the author's fancy roves unrestricted. b. : something possessing grotesque, bizarre, or unreal qualities.

The name Fantasia is primarily a female name of Spanish origin that means Fantasy. Pronounced "Fan-TAY-zha" in U.S. or "Fahn-tah-SEE-ah" in Spanish.

Borrowed from Italian fantasia (“imagination, fancy, fantasy; musical composition with improvisational characteristics”), from Latin phantasia (“fancy, fantasy; imagination”), borrowed from Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ (phantasíā, “appearance, look; display, presentation; pageantry, pomp; impression, perception; image”), ...

In the classical tradition, a fantasia is a free-form piece of music that resembles improvisation. The imaginative nature of the project reminded Stokowski of a fantasia, so he suggested the term as a working title for the film. The name stuck.

Fantasia is a remarkable spectacle of music and imagery, featuring music by some of history's most influential classical composers, including Bach, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Stravinsky, Ponchielli, Mussorgski, Schubert and Dukas.

Borrowed from Italian fantasia (“imagination, fancy, fantasy; musical composition with improvisational characteristics”), from Latin phantasia (“fancy, fantasy; imagination”), borrowed from Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ (phantasíā, “appearance, look; display, presentation; pageantry, pomp; impression, perception; image”), ...

Music of Fantasia: Dance of the Hours The Dance of the Hours portion of the opera, a ballet, has been famous since its first debut – however, Fantasia made it even more famous. In this ballet, the music and dancing represents different time periods: dawn, day, twilight and night.

fantasia, also called fantasy or fancy, in music, a composition free in form and inspiration, usually for an instrumental soloist; in 16th- and 17th-century England the term was applied especially to fugal compositions (i.e., based on melodic imitation) for consorts of string or wind instruments.

R&B singer Fantasia Monique Barrino-Taylor (born June 30, 1984), known professionally by her mononym Fantasia, is an American R&B singer.