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Concerto

//kənˈt͡ʃɛɹtoʊ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra.

    "And the cello concerto was strikingly different on Sunday: at Weill, the ensemble included two violinists and one violist, cellist, bassist and lutenist, but on Sunday four more violinists, a second violist and a harpsichordist were added to give the ripieno sections of the fast movements a heftier punch than the smaller group delivered."

  2. 2
    a composition for orchestra and a soloist wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian concerto, deverbal from concertare. Doublet of concert.

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