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Simile (It.) (see-mee-leh)

The same; in the same way.

Sinfonia (It.), Sinfonie (Ger.), Symphonie (Fr.), Symphony [from Gr., sun; phoneo, sounding together]. Originally had the same meaning that we attach to interval, i. e., two simultaneous sounds. (1) By the early writers of Italian opera it was used in the modern sense of overture. (2) The introduction to a song is still called the symphony. (3) The adaptation of the large forms of composition (sonata and rondo) to the orchestra.