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Concertante in a sentence

Concertante meaning

A concert for two or more solo instrumentalists, with orchestral accompaniment.

Using Concertante

  • The main meaning on this page is: A concert for two or more solo instrumentalists, with orchestral accompaniment.
  • In the example corpus, concertante often appears in combinations such as: sinfonia concertante, concertante for, concertante repertoire.

Context around Concertante

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Concertante

  • In this selection, "concertante" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, sinfonia, fantasia, 299, repertoire, works and 1958 stand out and add context to how "concertante" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and sinfonia concertante for violin and coloratura and concertante woodwind solos. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "concertante" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with concertante

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

As a result, almost all classical instruments now have a concertante repertoire. (12 words)

Mozart also wrote the highly regarded Sinfonia Concertante for violin, viola, and orchestra. (13 words)

While he composed no concertos, he did write three concertante works for violin and orchestra. (15 words)

Beethoven 's Triple Concerto for Cello, Violin and Piano and Brahms ' Double Concerto for Cello and Violin are also part of the concertante repertoire although in both cases the cello shares solo duties with at least one other instrument. (39 words)

Salieri would also write several bravura arias for a soprano playing the part of a middle class character that would combine coloratura and concertante woodwind solos, another innovation for a comic opera that was to be widely imitated. (38 words)

Other examples are Offenbach 's cello duets, quartet, and sextet, Pärt 's Fratres for 8 cellos and Boulez ' Messagesquisse for 7 cellos, or even Villa-Lobos' rarely played Fantasia Concertante (1958) for 32 cellos. (34 words)

Example sentences (9)

In 1778, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a name synonymous with musical genius, wrote ‘The Sinfonia Concertante in E flat (K364)’.

As a result, almost all classical instruments now have a concertante repertoire.

Beethoven 's Triple Concerto for Cello, Violin and Piano and Brahms ' Double Concerto for Cello and Violin are also part of the concertante repertoire although in both cases the cello shares solo duties with at least one other instrument.

In the Classical era: * Haydn 's concerto for violin and keyboard (usually referred to as the Keyboard Concerto No. 6) and Sinfonia concertante for violin, cello, oboe and bassoon.

Mozart also wrote the highly regarded Sinfonia Concertante for violin, viola, and orchestra.

Other examples are Offenbach 's cello duets, quartet, and sextet, Pärt 's Fratres for 8 cellos and Boulez ' Messagesquisse for 7 cellos, or even Villa-Lobos' rarely played Fantasia Concertante (1958) for 32 cellos.

Rees, p. 299 Concertante works Saint-Saëns was the first major French composer to write piano concertos.

Salieri would also write several bravura arias for a soprano playing the part of a middle class character that would combine coloratura and concertante woodwind solos, another innovation for a comic opera that was to be widely imitated.

While he composed no concertos, he did write three concertante works for violin and orchestra.

Common combinations with concertante

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "concertante" in a sentence?
An example: "In 1778, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a name synonymous with musical genius, wrote ‘The Sinfonia Concertante in E flat (K364)’." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "concertante" from authentic English texts.
What does "concertante" mean?
Concertante means: A concert for two or more solo instrumentalists, with orchestral accompaniment.
How many example sentences with "concertante" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "concertante", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.