Dictionary

concerto en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /kənˈt͡ʃɛɹtoʊ/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian concerto, deverbal from concertare. Doublet of concert.

Meanings

1. A piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra.
   • And the cello concerto was strikingly different on Sunday: at Weill, the ensemble included two violinists and one violist, cellist, bassist and lutenist, but on Sunday four more violinists, a second violist and a harpsichordist were added to give the ripieno sections of the fast movements a heftier punch than the smaller group delivered. 2009 January 20, Allan Kozinn, “Shafts of Sun in Winter From the Italian Baroque”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:

Forms

Deriveds

concertolike

Relateds

concerto grosso

Translations (27)

es concierto (a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra) · de Konzert (a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra) · fr concerto (a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra) · hu versenymű (a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra) · sl koncert (a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra) · ja 協奏曲 (a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra) · ms konserto (a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra) · ru конце́рт (a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra) · cmn 協奏曲 /协奏曲 (a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra) · tr konçerto (a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra) · kjh концерт (a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra) · pt concerto (a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra) · ro concert (a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra) · vi công-xéc-tô (a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra) · it concerto (a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra) · nl concert (a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra) · hu -verseny (a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra) · el κοντσέρτο (a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra) · tyv концерт (a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra) · bo རམ་འདེགས་རོལ་དབྱངས (a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra) · fi konsertto (a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra) · vi công xéc tô (a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra) · pl koncert (a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra) · sah концерт (a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra) · mi puoro whakatene (a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra) · ko 협주곡 (a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra) · id konserto (a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra)