concertante

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con⋅cer⋅tan⋅te

[kon-ser-tahn-tee; It. kawn-cher-tahn-te]

adjective, noun, plural -ti [-tee]

. Music.

–adjective

1.	brilliantly virtuosic: a concertante part for solo violin.

2.	solo rather than accompanying: a sonata for recorder and harpsichord concertante.

–noun

3.	an 18th-century symphonic work with sections for solo instruments.

Origin:
1720–30; < It, prp. of concertare to give a concert; see -ant

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