concerto for orchestra

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music | 1996 | 328 words | Copyright

concerto for orchestra. A comp. like a conc. but not for one particular soloist, though individual members or sections of the orch. may have important solo (concertante) roles. The form is a 20th-cent. development. Famous examples are by Bartók, Tippett, Kodály, Gerhard, Lutosławski, Petrassi, and others.

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