Associations to the word «Concerto»

Wiktionary

CONCERTO, noun. (music) A piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra.
CONCERTO GROSSO, noun. (music) a musical form, common in the Baroque period, in which contrasting sections are played by full orchestra and by a small group of soloists.

Dictionary definition

CONCERTO, noun. A composition for orchestra and a soloist.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope