concerton.
/kənˈtʃɛːtəʊ/, /kənˈtʃəːtəʊ/, U.S. /kənˈtʃɛrˌtoʊ/, /kənˈtʃərdoʊ/ Music.
A musical composition, typically (esp. since the late 18th cent.) in three movements, for a solo instrument or instruments accompanied by an orchestra.In earlier use, and with reference to compositions from earlier times, the term may denote a much wider range of compositions, usually involving contrasting musical lines for different performers or groups of performers, including works for voices as well as instruments. The term has also been used more loosely by later composers, esp. since the early 20th cent.See also double concerto n. at double adj.1 and adv. Compounds 1, concerto grosso n.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > piece in specific form > [noun] > concerto
concerto1710
concerto grosso1776
concertante1791
concertino1799
1710 Monthly Masks Vocal Musick Nov. (List Books printed 1709) Pepush Aires for two Flutes..Albinonis Concertos.
1713 Guardian 1 Apr. 125 New concertos for flutes, hautboy, and other instruments.
1721 A. Malcolm Treat. Musick xiii. 416 A Concerto, Sonata or Cantata.
1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 447 Several..songs are performed, with sonatas or concertos between each.
1845 E. Holmes Life Mozart 253 He kept closely within the..limit and signification of the term concerto, as a piece of combination for instruments, with a principal part for one.
1880 G. Grove Dict. Music (at cited word) The example of Beethoven in his E♭ concerto led..to the disuse of the..cadenza.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 378/2 She composed several cantatas, two pianoforte concertos and five operas.
1967 Listener 2 Feb. 177/3 Prokofiev enthusiasts will be delighted to see that Milstein has now recorded the two violin concertos in harness.
2011 Cathedral Music Nov. 63/1 Each disc includes major works, a trio sonata, a concerto and several chorale-inspired compositions.
Compounds
General attributive and objective.
ΚΠ
1784 European Mag. & London Rev. May 364/2 As a performer, Mr. Hook has a good finger; but, compared to other concerto-players, he will be found to want expression and feeling.
1842 J. F. Warner Dict. Mus. Terms 26/1 Sometimes concerto music..is designated by the term concerto grosso.
1865 L. Spohr Autobiogr. I. 20 None of the then known Concerto-music was too difficult for me.
1899 E. E. Kellett & E. W. Naylor tr. O. Bie Hist. Pianoforte iv. 109 The three ‘brilliant’ fantasias incline naturally to the concerto style.
1947 Penguin Music Mag. Sept. 45 It was from the conventionalising of the operatic aria that the early Concerto form was evolved.
1973 Gramophone 29 June 15/3 Its combination of Tchaikovskyan elements with a cosmopolitan concerto-style was emphasised by Pinchas Zukerman's suave, uncommitted manner.
2013 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 30 Nov. f5 It [sc. the Allegretto] is surely one of Mozart's finest concerto movements and the playing was impeccable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1710