CONCERTO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: concerti   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A composition for orchestra and a soloist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("concerto" is a kind of...):

classical; classical music; serious music (traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "concerto"):

concerto grosso (a baroque composition for orchestra and a group of solo instruments)

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