concertante

[ kon-ser-tahn-tee; Italian kawn-cher-tahn-te ]

adjective
  1. brilliantly virtuosic: a concertante part for solo violin.

  2. solo rather than accompanying: a sonata for recorder and harpsichord concertante.

noun,plural con·cer·tan·ti [kon-ser-tahn-tee; Italian kawn-cher-tahn-tee]. /ˌkɒn sərˈtɑn ti; Italian ˌkɔn tʃɛrˈtɑn ti/.
  1. an 18th-century symphonic work with sections for solo instruments.

Origin of concertante

1
1720–30; <Italian, present participle of concertare to give a concert; see -ant

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How to use concertante in a sentence

  • The Solo performances of the two artistes, as also together, in my concertante, were received with enthusiastic applause.

  • Herr Wassermann, one of the cleverest of my former pupils, played my concertante with me.

  • The Andantino which follows offers a strong contrast to both movements of the concertante.

  • This detracts from the elevated character of the composition, and transforms it into a concertante display.

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  • We each played a concerto of our own composition, after which we played together a duo concertante by Kreutzer.

British Dictionary definitions for concertante

concertante

/ (ˌkɒntʃəˈtæntɪ) music /


adjective
  1. characterized by contrasting alternating tutti and solo passages

nounplural -ti (-tɪ)
  1. a composition characterized by such contrasts

Origin of concertante

1
C18: from Italian, from concertare to perform a concert, from concerto concert

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