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concerto grosso

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[Italian]

A Baroque style of music in which a small group of solo instruments (the concertino) plays in opposition to a larger ensemble (the ripieno).


Example


George Frideric Handel: Concerto Grosso in G major, Op. 6, No. 1, I


Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op. 11, No. 3, III


Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051, III



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