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Definition of Concerto grosso
1. Noun. A baroque composition for orchestra and a group of solo instruments.
Definition of Concerto grosso
1. Noun. (music) a musical form, common in the Baroque period, in which contrasting sections are played by full orchestra and by a small group of soloists. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Concerto Grosso
Literary usage of Concerto grosso
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1889)
"After the invention of the Sonata-form, the concerto grosso died completely out;
for it would be impossible to refer to this class of compositions works ..."
2. Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of Music by William Smythe Babcock Mathews, Emil Liebling (1896)
"(í>¡ The name concertino is sometimes applied to a, first-violin part in which
are entered the obligate passages of the other parts. ( V. concerto grosso. ..."
3. The Boston Symphony Orchestra: An Historical Sketch by Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe (1914)
"concerto grosso, No. 6 in G-minor, F. 2I, '95 (i). — concerto grosso, No. ...
concerto grosso, No. 10 in D- minor, F. 23, '94 (3). — concerto grosso, No. ..."
4. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1907)
"... Gounod. t concerto grosso, G minor, Handel, t Concertino. ... t concerto grosso
in A, Handel. Serenade in A, Brahms. Overture, 'Genoveva/ Schumann ; t ..."
5. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"Solo instruments required in the performance of a concerto grosso; ... concerto grosso.
Composition for two or more solo instruments and orchestra in ..."
6. Famous Composers and Their Works by John Knowles Paine, Theodore Thomas, Karl Klauser (1891)
"It was not uncommon at that time to employ more than one instrument in a concerto,
and to such a composition the name concerto grosso was given. ..."
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