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con·cer·to

Audio Help [kuh

n-cher-toh; It. kawn-cher-taw] Pronunciation Key

–noun, plural -tos, -ti

Audio Help [-tee] Pronunciation Key. 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 Audio Help (kən-chěr'tō) Pronunciation Key
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
noun
a composition for orchestra and a soloist

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concerto [kənˈtʃəːtəu] noun — plural conˈcertos

a piece of music written for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Example: a piano concerto

Arabic:	قِطْعَة موسيقيه حِواريّه
Chinese (Simplified):	协奏曲
Chinese (Traditional):	協奏曲
Czech:	koncert (pro sólový hudební nástroj)
Danish:	koncert
Dutch:	concert
Estonian:	kontsert
Finnish:	konsertto
French:	concerto
German:	das (Solo-) Konzert
Greek:	κονσέρτο
Hungarian:	versenymű
Icelandic:	konsert
Indonesian:	konserto
Italian:	concerto

Japanese:	協奏曲
Latvian:	koncerts (skaņdarbs)
Lithuanian:	koncertas
Norwegian:	konsert
Polish:	koncert
Portuguese (Brazil):	concerto
Portuguese (Portugal):	concerto
Romanian:	concert
Russian:	концерт
Slovak:	koncert
Slovenian:	koncert
Spanish:	concierto
Swedish:	konsert
Turkish:	konçerto