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A 'sinfonietta' is a work for orchestra that is generally considered to be smaller in scope than a full symphony. The word is sometimes also used to refer to small symphonic ensembles which are considered too large to be chamber ensembles.
There are many professional and amateur orchestras bearing the name "Sinfonietta". See for a list the website of Dutch chamber orchestra Sinfonietta Geleen .
A number of composers have written works under this title:

★ For the ''Sinfonietta'' of Leoš Janáček, see Sinfonietta (Janáček)

★ For the ''Sinfonietta'' of Francis Poulenc, see Sinfonietta (Poulenc)

★ For the ''Sinfonietta'' of Sergei Prokofiev, see Sinfonietta (Prokofiev)

★ Lennox Berkeley's ''Sinfonietta''

★ Benjamin Britten's ''Sinfonietta''

★ Marcus Tristan Heathcock's ''Sinfonietta'' is his First Symphony

★ Bernard Herrmann's ''Sinfonietta for String  Orchestra''

★ Paul Hindemith's ''Symphonietta (Little Symphony)'' in E-major

★ E. J. Moeran's ''Sinfonietta''

★ Krzysztof Penderecki's ''Sinfonietta No. 1, for string orchestra'' and ''Sinfonietta No. 2, for clarinet and strings''

★ Max Reger's ''Sinfonietta'' in A major, op. 90

★ Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's ''Sinfonietta on Russian Themes'' in A minor, Op. 31

★ Alexander von Zemlinsky's ''Sinfonietta for orchestra''. op. 23