Concerto meaning

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A composition for an orchestra and one or more solo instruments, typically in three movements.
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A musical composition for one or more solo instruments and an orchestra, traditionally in three symphonic movements.
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(music) A piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra.
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Origin of concerto

  • Italian concert concert
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Concerto Sentence Examples

  • The praise given to his concerto for the violin, which was played at the Conservatoire by Mazas, encouraged him to undertake the resetting of the old comic opera, Julie (1811).

  • - Concerto pathetique (identical with the Konzert-Solo in E minor); Dante symphony; Faust symphony; Poemes symphoniques, 1-12; Beethoven's 9th symphony.

  • For example, a music prodigy may play a complex concerto on the piano after hearing it played once without any prior music study.

  • Works like The Magic Flute and the Clarinet Concerto K 662 were written during this arduous time period.

  • concerto appearances throughout the country.

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