| LC control no. | gf2014026725 |
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| Thesaurus/term list | lcgft |
| Genre/Form term | Concertos |
| Variant(s) | Concerti Concertinos Simphonie concertante Simphonies concertantes Sinfonia concertante Sinfonie concertante Sinfonie concertanti Sinfonies concertantes Symphonie concertante Symphonies concertantes |
| See also | Art music |
| Found in | Grove music online, viewed August 28, 2014 (Concerto. An instrumental work that maintains contrast between an orchestral ensemble and a smaller group or a solo instrument, or among various groups of an undivided orchestra) Janssens, R. Concerti, p2007. Merriam-Webster dictionary online, Apr. 13, 2017 (concerto plural concerti or concertos: a piece for one or more soloists and orchestra with three contrasting movements) Grove music online, March 8, 2021: Symphonie concertante (A concert genre of the late 18th and early 19th centuries for solo instruments--usually two, three or four, but on occasion as many as seven or even nine--with orchestra; Attempts at explicating the term 'symphonie concertante' have foundered on two counts: first, on the confusion between the adjective 'concertante', loosely employed in the 18th century, and the noun-complex 'symphonie concertante', which refers to a specific genre; and secondly, on the difference between works called 'symphonie concertante' and those, also with more than one solo instrument, called 'concerto for two [three, four] instruments') The Harvard dictionary of music, 2003: Symphonie concertante (sinfonia concertante; in the 18th and early 19th centuries, a type of concerto for two or more solo instruments (normally strings or winds) and orchestra) |
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