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concerto

[ kuhn-cher-toh; Italian kawn-cher-taw ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Music.

, plural con·cer·tos, con·cer·ti [k, uh, n-, cher, -tee].

a composition for one or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment, now usually in symphonic form.

concerto

/ kənˈtʃɛətəʊ /

a composition for an orchestra and one or more soloists. The classical concerto usually consisted of several movements, and often a cadenza See also sonata symphony
another word for ripieno

concerto

A piece of instrumental music written for one or more soloists and an orchestra .

1720–30; < Italian, derivative of concertare; concert (v.)

C18: from Italian: concert

Back to the concerto, or a little light Plato, or some such.

His first great piano concerto is widely considered to be the No. 9, Jeunehomme, written at age 21.

His speeches have the elegance and control of a Haydn concerto.

Going back, Liszt indulged in a little graceful badinage apropos of the concerto.

Frulein Fichtner was the young lady who was going to play his concerto in A major at the concert that evening.

The concerto made a generally dazzling and difficult impression upon me, but did not "take hold" of me particularly.

Frulein Fichtner had already departed, but the first violinist played Mendelssohn's famous concerto for violin.

Then, child, you've fallen on your head, if you don't know that at least you must have a second copy of the concerto!

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