fantasias
Freeform orchestral pieces
Fantasias is the plural of fantasia, a musical composition with an improvisatory or free-form structure, unconstrained by strict rules: Bach's fantasias for keyboard.
The term also applies to elaborate medleys or sequences built around familiar themes, as in Disney's animated *Fantasia*.
More broadly, a fantasia is any fanciful creation or flight of imagination.
Idle waking thoughts
- reveriesIdle waking fantasies
- visionsImagined or prophetic sights
- illusionsDeceptive sensory experiences
- whimsyPlayful, capricious quality
fancy · creativity · invention · flights · musings · castles · dreamscapes · escapism
Arranged elements forming whole
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- rhapsodyEffusive musical composition
- medleyVaried mixture or blend
- capriccioFreeform lively composition
prelude · fugue · variations · sonata · orchestral · virtuoso · thematic · baroque
Visually striking event
- extravaganzaLavish, elaborate entertainment
- pageantStaged public display
- DisneyMajor entertainment conglomerate
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
parade · costume · elaborate · showpiece · production · colorful · magical · performance
Spoken or written narratives
- storiesAccounts or building levels
- fablesDidactic animal stories
- allegoriesSymbolic narrative works
- romancesAmorous pursuits or tales
adventures · narratives · fiction · Borges · magical realism · invention · supernatural · otherworldly
daydreams
Idle waking thoughts
- reveriesIdle waking fantasies
- visionsImagined or prophetic sights
- illusionsDeceptive sensory experiences
whimsy · fancy · creativity · invention · flights · musings · castles · dreamscapes · escapism · wonderment
composition
Arranged elements forming whole
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- rhapsodyEffusive musical composition
- medleyVaried mixture or blend
capriccio · prelude · fugue · variations · sonata · orchestral · virtuoso · thematic · baroque · Chopin
spectacle
Visually striking event
- extravaganzaLavish, elaborate entertainment
- pageantStaged public display
- DisneyMajor entertainment conglomerate
carnival · parade · costume · elaborate · showpiece · production · colorful · magical · performance · choreography
tales
Spoken or written narratives
- storiesAccounts or building levels
- fablesDidactic animal stories
- allegoriesSymbolic narrative works
romances · adventures · narratives · fiction · Borges · magical realism · invention · supernatural · otherworldly · mythical
- musical arrangementsovertures, medleys, choral arrangements, variations, paraphrases
- parlor musicpiano music, sentimental ballads, piano solos, vocal solos, waltzes
- Early Musicmedieval music, Gregorian chant, Renaissance music, motet, baroque music
- Harpsichord Musicharpsichord, clavichord, spinet, virginals, Johann Sebastian Bach
- Organ Musictoccata, preludes, fugue, fugues, prelude
- Viol Musicdivisions, diminutions, lessons
fantasiassonatas
Multi-movement classical compositions
fugues · rondos · symphonies · concertos · minuets
fantasiasétudes
Skill-building musical pieces
exercises · finger exercises · technical studies · traditional forms
- urban fantasiesGenre mixing magic with cities
- high fantasiesGrandiose imagined adventures