单词 | divertimento |
释义 | divertimenton.ΚΠ 1759 O. Goldsmith Pres. State Polite Learning iii. (Globe) 425/2 Where..abbés turned shepherds, and shepherdesses without sheep indulge their innocent divertimenti! b. Music. (a) A composition designed primarily for entertainment, esp. a suite of movements for a chamber ensemble. (b) An arrangement of, or fantasia on, airs from an opera, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > [noun] > light or lively piece toy1584 air1597 capriccio1696 port1721 divertimento1823 humoresque1869 bagatelle1880 caprice1880 1823 Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1824) 198 Haydn composed..20 divertimentos for various instruments. 1880 G. Grove Dict. Music Divertimento, a term employed for various pieces of music. 1887 Athenæum 9 Apr. 489/3 We find five large serenades and divertimenti for wind instruments. 1948 H. Ulrich Chamber Music (1966) v. 122 Various versions of the divertimento differed widely in the number of movements, but all had two features in common: their light, cheerful content and their derivation from the three-movement sinfonia. 1955 Times 14 May 4/5 We would have been glad to hear one of Mozart's earlier symphonies, or larger divertimenti. 1957 W. H. Auden & C. Kallman Magic Flute 58 And even those Divertimenti which He wrote to play while bottles were uncorked. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1759 |
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