symphonette

[ sim-fuh-net ]

noun

1. a small symphony orchestra that usually specializes in playing short, familiar classical works or salon music.

Word History and Origins

Origin of symphonette¹

symphon(y) + -ette

Example Sentences

Twice a week, one of the nuns would “wheel in a cart with a record player and records that she got from the Longines Symphonette Society,” he says.

From Washington Post

Other projects in which he was involved include the Oranj Symphonette, which specialized in the music of Henry Mancini.

From Seattle Times

He also played timpani in the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra and the Jacksonville Symphonette.

From New York Times

"They wanted to show the Germans why it was important to preserve us and why we were better than they thought we were. There was this delusional sense that this may alter their fate," said Orit Fogel-Shafran, general manager of the Raanana Symphonette Orchestra.

From US News

Hillel Zori, a cellist and artistic director of the Raanana symphonette who initiated the event after much research, said he had mixed feelings.

From US News