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Concertos

LC control no.sh 85029646
Topical headingConcertos
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Variant(s)Concerti
Concertinos
Simphonies concertantes
Sinfonie concertanti
Sinfonies concertantes
Symphonies concertantes
Scope noteHere are entered collections of concertos for various solo instruments with various instrumental accompaniments.
Concertos accompanied by full orchestra are entered under the heading Concertos followed by the solo instrument(s) in parentheses, e.g. Concertos (Piano); Concertos (Bassoon and clarinet); Concertos (String quartet). For concertos with accompaniment of an ensemble other than full orchestra, the type of ensemble is included in the parenthetical statement following the word "with," e.g. Concertos (Flute with string orchestra); Concertos (Harpsichord with instrumental ensemble); Concertos (Trumpet with band). For concertos featuring the entire ensemble, the type of ensemble is stated in parentheses as the medium of performance, e.g. Concertos (Orchestra).
Musical works of the concerto type that are not titled "Concerto," are entered under headings such as Concerti grossi; Violin with string orchestra; Symphonies (Viola with orchestra); Variations (Piano with orchestra).
Musical works titled "Concerto" but not of the concerto type, are entered under headings for the medium of performance, e.g. Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with cello; Harpsichord music; Trios (Unspecified instruments (3)); Vocalises (High voice) with instrumental ensemble.
Works about the concerto are entered under the heading Concerto.
Subject example tracingNote under Concerto
Found inGrove music online, March 8, 2021: 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. Before 1700 the term was applied to pieces in a variety of forms for an even greater variety of performing media, voices as well as instruments; it was also used in the sense of 'ensemble' or 'orchestra'.)
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')
New 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)