Playing only one violin from the violin section is what's meant by 'violin solo'. Other instruments may or may not be played. Singers may or may not sing. But the one violin that's played is the violin of the 'first desk man', who also may be called 'concert master'. The two terms apply whether the individual be female or male.
Anything can have a solo. A drum can have a solo. A didgeridoo can have a solo. A person can make goat noises with no other sounds around them and it would be a solo.
The solo instrument is a violin.
'Sonata for Solo Violin by Bela Bartok' is either one of the two sonatas for solo violin by the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. http://www.answers.com/topic/sonata http://www.answers.com/topic/solo http://www.answers.com/topic/violin http://www.answers.com/topic/bela%20bartok
Itzhak Perlman, "Massenet" (Meditation from Thais)
Violin 3 is almost like viola, so it isn't very valuable. A solo will up the value, but not by much.
Vivaldi wrote literally hundreds of concerti (the Italian plural of concerto). He wrote concerti for solo violin (including the Four Seasons), for cello, for mandolin, for flute, for piccolo, and a number of concerti for combinations of solo instruments.
it was played solo or in an orchestra
The solo instrument is a violin.
the name given to a musical piece performed by one person is called a Solo -If you have maybe a violin piece and its to be performed by one person then you could call it "Violin solo" or "solo Violin" actually you could call it anything and just add to the score that "this should be played by one player only or played solo"
'Sonata for Solo Violin by Bela Bartok' is either one of the two sonatas for solo violin by the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. http://www.answers.com/topic/sonata http://www.answers.com/topic/solo http://www.answers.com/topic/violin http://www.answers.com/topic/bela%20bartok
Itzhak Perlman, "Massenet" (Meditation from Thais)
Violin 3 is almost like viola, so it isn't very valuable. A solo will up the value, but not by much.
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Vivaldi wrote literally hundreds of concerti (the Italian plural of concerto). He wrote concerti for solo violin (including the Four Seasons), for cello, for mandolin, for flute, for piccolo, and a number of concerti for combinations of solo instruments.
It can play in either a group or a solo :)
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