concertante

[ kon-ser-tahn-tee; Italian kawn-cher-tahn-te ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

brilliantly virtuosic:
a concertante part for solo violin.
solo rather than accompanying:
a sonata for recorder and harpsichord concertante.

, plural con·cer·tan·ti [kon-ser-, tahn, -tee, kawn-che, r, -, tahn, -tee].

concertante

/ ˌkɒntʃəˈtæntɪ /

1720–30; < Italian, present participle of concertare to give a concert; -ant

C18: from Italian, from concertare to perform a concert, from concerto concert

The Solo performances of the two artistes, as also together, in my Concertante, were received with enthusiastic applause.

Herr Wassermann, one of the cleverest of my former pupils, played my Concertante with me.

The Andantino which follows offers a strong contrast to both movements of the concertante.

This detracts from the elevated character of the composition, and transforms it into a concertante display.

We each played a concerto of our own composition, after which we played together a duo concertante by Kreutzer.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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