Symphonia

Symphonia (Gk., Lat.), 1. in antiquity, see: symponia; 2. in the early Middle Ages, a 2-headed drum, according to Isidore of Seville, who first used the word in this sense. See also: cylindrical drum; 3. med. name of the organistrum, recorded (first in Fr. as symphonie) from the mid-12th c. to the early 16th c.