divertimento
Americannoun
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divertimentos,
plural
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divertimenti
plural
noun
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a piece of entertaining music in several movements, often scored for a mixed ensemble and having no fixed form
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an episode in a fugue
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of divertimento
1750–60; < Italian, equivalent to diverti ( re ) to divert + -mento -ment
Example Sentences
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At Eton he had learned to play the clarinet and he went on to compose works including a divertimento for soprano and nine woodwind instruments.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 26, 2010
As a finale, I played my last divertimento in B; they all pricked up their ears.
From The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Ludwig Nohl
Mozart's Cantabile, as contrasted with the strict school, and Pleyel's divertimento style, had diluted and debased it; and to Beethoven, the hero, do we owe its regeneration now and for ever.
From Life of Beethoven by Anton Schindler
This is Conductor Erich Leinsdorfs first season in the Shed, and he made his opening-week debut both bold and orthodox by performing a clutch of Mozart concertos and divertimenti never before played at Tanglewood.
From Time Magazine Archive
Symphonies, divertimenti for concerted instruments, string quartets, a clavier trio, airs, a cantata, and other works were all produced at these concerts, and with almost invariable applause.
From Haydn by J. Cuthbert (James Cuthbert) Hadden
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