Symphony (disambiguation)

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A symphony is an extended piece of music for orchestra, especially one in sonata form.

Symphony may also refer to:

In music:

• a symphony orchestra, which specializes in the performance of all post-18th-century orchestral repertiore.
• Symphonic metal, a genre of metal that incorporates its style from symphonies.
• Symphony (musical instrument), a medieval stringed instrument similar to a hurdy gurdy.
• "Symphony (song)", a number of songs
• Symphony (album), a 2008 Album by Sarah Brightman.
• Beat Symphony, a Swedish music band with two members: Swedish film maker and musician Håkan "Zap" Andersson, who used computers to makeDance music, and American singer Michael Gilbo.
• Symphony X, a progressive metal band

In computer science:

• Symphony OS, a Linux operating system.
• Symphony CMS, a content management system powered by XML and XSLT.
• Symphony (software), a distributed computing software.
• Lotus Symphony, in computing, an office suite for Windows and Linux.
• Symphony, codename for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005.
• COIN-OR SYMPHONY, a software library for solving a specific class of Operations Research problems.
• Symfony, a web application framework for PHP.
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, a video game for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn consoles.

In other contexts:

• Symphony (grape), a type of grape used to make white wine.
• Symphony (candy), a chocolate candy bar manufactured by Hershey's.
• Symphony (MBTA station), an underground subway stop in Boston, Massachusetts.
• Symphony Aircraft Industries, a light aircraft manufacturer.
• Symphony, the ringname of valet Alicia Webb.

[edit] See also

• Symphonie, communications satellites from a Franco-German program
• "Symphonie (song)", a 2004 song by Silbermond