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con⋅cer⋅to

  [kuhn-cher-toh; It. kawn-cher-taw]
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–noun, plural -tos, -ti  [-tee] . Music.
a composition for one or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment, now usually in symphonic form.
Origin:
1720–30; < It, deriv. of concertare; see concert (v.)
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con·cer·to   (kən-chěr'tō)   
n.   pl. con·cer·tos or con·cer·ti (-tē)
A composition for an orchestra and one or more solo instruments, typically in three movements.

[Italian, concert; see concert.]
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concerto [(kuhn-chair-toh)]

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

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