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.
What is your favorite Fantasia/Fantasy?
Bach - Great Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542.
Bach - Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537.
Mozart - Fantasia No.
Beethoven - Choral Fantasy.
Schubert - Wanderer Fantasy.
Schubert - Fantasia in F minor.
Schumann - Fantasie in C.
We also find ballad in the noun "baladine", a traveller whom the reader accompanies to a faraway, imaginary and enchanted universe. So it is not surprising that fantasy, heir to English medievalism, is a genre imbued with music.
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.
Although it is a broad genre, it does have a definite sound of its own. They tend to be large, full orchestral scores and for the most part, that traditional enormous sweeping sound remains the dominant form. Contemporary scoring techniques have probably made least impact on fantasy.
Fantasy is a genre of literature that features magical and supernatural elements that do not exist in the real world.
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.
A fantasia (Italian: [fantaˈziːa]; also English: fantasy, fancy, fantazy, phantasy, German: Fantasie, Phantasie, French: fantaisie) is a musical composition with roots in improvisation.
Although it is a broad genre, it does have a definite sound of its own. They tend to be large, full orchestral scores and for the most part, that traditional enormous sweeping sound remains the dominant form. Contemporary scoring techniques have probably made least impact on fantasy.
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.
Ethereal wave, also called ethereal darkwave, ethereal goth or simply ethereal, is a subgenre of dark wave music that is variously described as "gothic", "romantic", and "otherworldly".
In simple terms, timbre is what makes a particular musical instrument or human voice have a different sound from another, even when they play or sing the same note.
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