What does a concerto mean?

Answer 1

A Concerto is a type of classical work where usually a single instrument (but sometimes more, for example, a double or triple concerto) is the solo instrument, and a piano or orchestra accompanies. Most concertos go in 3 movements, with the tempo arranged as Fast-Slow-Fast, respectively. There are many different styles the concertos can have. Compare Mozart Flute concerto No. 1 and the Ibert Flute Concerto, and both may be in 3 movements, but organization is very different, because they were in different eras of Classical Music.

Sometimes, concertos don't even follow the 3 mvmt. system. I personally have heard a piano concerto in one movement, and another in 2. Elgar's Cello concerto is in 4.

Answer 2

A concerto is usually a major composition in two or three sections that is written to highlight a single performer on a single instrument. There are many concertos for violin and for the piano, and many concertos for a wide variety of other instruments. Bartok wrote a glistening work called Concerto for Orchestra, a work that does not fit the usual understanding of concerto.

Answer 3

Music in which a solo instrument is featured in contrast with the entire orchestra. The skill of the soloist is accented by the power and stability of the orchestra.

Answer 4

the meaning of this word is a contuined peice of music that normally has three parts and pie

Answer 5

A form of music in which a soloist and an orchestra play in contrast with each other. Consists of three movements.

Answer 6

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