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Música sinfónica designates large-scale orchestral music, typically written for a full symphony orchestra and articulated in several movements. It emphasizes thematic development, contrast of keys and textures, and idiomatic orchestration across strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion. Historically, the term and practice grew out of the Italian opera overture or sinfonia of the late 17th and early 18th centuries (fast–slow–fast), which evolved into autonomous multi-movement works and the Classical symphony. From Haydn and Mozart through Beethoven, the genre became the central orchestral form. Romantic and 20th-century composers expanded its scale, color, and expressive range while retaining its core orchestral identity.