concerto
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- noun
- /kənˈtʃɛrtoʊ/
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concierto
- Still, like Elgar's Cello Concerto, it will become a central part of the classical music Canon.
- Piano Concerto
- Violin Concerto
- Mozart concerto
And also on the supposedly high end of, you know, is your Dvorak concerto better?
- And also on the supposedly high end of, you know, is your Dvorak concerto better?
- If you listen to Alan Rathsorn, he has an OBO concerto that you'll hear Lydian augmented chords.
- A Yeah, a harpsichord, piano Forte, Piano Concerto Also, that was one of the first pieces I ever played when I was playing early instruments.
- That same elegance typifies Jeremy's critical writings, whether a review of a single concerto or an essay on the life work of a major composer.
Examples
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky is playing his new concerto.
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The first two pieces on the program, Cuban Overture and Concerto in F, were also composed by Gershwin.
Academic text (1998) -
But meanwhile the concerto we just played will be played again.
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This is the "Concerto in D".
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Mom, I just finished the third movement of that concerto I was working on.
Fiction book (1999) -
In the living room, Ben was listening to his favorite Shostakovich piano concerto while reading.
Fiction book (1994) -
In April, two phenomenal high school musicians won the 2008 Marine Band Concerto Contest.
Academic text (2008) -
We've got Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3.
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Now I can maybe place first when I play Beethoven's Piano Concerto at the spring recital!
Fiction book (1998) -
The orchestra performed Mozart's concerto for piano and orchestra beautifully.
Synonyms
A piece of Baroque music for orchestra with a small group of soloists
Compounds
- Specialized
A piece of Baroque music for orchestra with a small group of soloists
How Complex
Surface Forms
Etymology
Concerto comes from an old Italian word and before that Latin concertare, made from con- 'together' and certare 'to compete', and it is the same root as English concert. So a concerto is a piece where a soloist and the orchestra 'come together', with the soloist often standing out like a friendly 'contest' with the group.