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concerto

[Italian]

1. This term was originally applied to almost any kind of concerted music for voices and instruments of the Baroque era. Today it is taken to mean a composition that shows off a specific instrument (or instruments) with the orchestra used as accompaniment. The term concerto is the same in English, French and Italian.
 
[Eng.] concerto; [Fr.] concerto (m); [Ger.] Konzert (n); [It.] concerto (m).
 
2. The Italian term for concert.
 
[Eng.] concert; [Fr.] concert (m); [Ger.] Konzert (n); [It.] concerto (m).

Example


Multiple, Romantic: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and 'Cello in A minor, Op. 102, III


Solo, Baroque: Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Op. 8, No. 3, "Autumn", III


Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Piccolo in C major, I


Solo, Classical: Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Trumpet in E flat major, III


Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622, III


Luigi Boccherini: Concerto for 'Cello in B flat major, G. 482, III


Concerto, solo, 20th century: George Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F major, III


Concerto, solo, Romantic: Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77, III


Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23, III


Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63, II


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