concertante

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

/ ˌkɒn sərˈtɑn ti; Italian ˌkɔn tʃɛrˈtɑn tɛ /

Music.

adjective

brilliantly virtuosic: a concertante part for solo violin.

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/.

an 18th-century symphonic work with sections for solo instruments.

Words nearby concertante

concert grand, concert overture, concert party, concert pitch, concert tuning, concertante, concertation, concertato, concerted, concertgebouw, concertgoer

Also concertato.

Origin of concertante

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

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Examples from the Web for concertante

First attempts in the Recitative style, in the melodious song for a single voice (Monody) and in the Concertante style.
Musical Myths and Facts, Volume II (of 2)|Carl Engel
The other three have been already included under the concertante instruments.
Sebastian Bach|Reginald Lane Poole
The Andantino which follows offers a strong contrast to both movements of the concertante.
Life Of Mozart, Vol. 2 (of 3)|Otto Jahn
Herr Wassermann, one of the cleverest of my former pupils, played my Concertante with me.
Louis Spohr's Autobiography|Louis Spohr

A concerto for several solo players is called a concertante.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7|Various

British Dictionary definitions for concertante

concertante

/ (ˌkɒntʃəˈtæntɪ) music /

adjective

characterized by contrasting alternating tutti and solo passages

noun plural -ti (-tɪ)

a composition characterized by such contrasts

Word Origin for concertante

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

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