concertante
Americanadjective
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brilliantly virtuosic.
a concertante part for solo violin.
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solo rather than accompanying.
a sonata for recorder and harpsichord concertante.
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Etymology
Origin of concertante
1720–30; < Italian, present participle of concertare to give a concert; see -ant
Example Sentences
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It being a concertante, the Sinfonia was also an opportunity for the NSO to showcase a quartet of principal players — violinist Marissa Regni, cellist David Hardy, oboist Nicholas Stovall and bassoonist Sue Heineman.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2022
When the music stopped, I put on another old favorite of mine, a sinfonia concertante.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2021
The program here was almost an insult to the players: a transcription of four popular Granados piano pieces, and three concertante works.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2015
The playing is ravishing, though, and a couple of glamorous guest instrumentalists, James Ehnes and Robert deMaine, add real lustre to the concertante violin and cello solos respectively.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 10, 2013
Two Concertos for three Claviers with an accompaniment of Strings.283 These Concertos present a remarkable characteristic: besides the concertante combination of three Claviers, the stringed instruments also have concertante parts distinct from the accompaniment.
From Johann Sebastian Bach by Forkel, Johann Nikolaus
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