concerto grosso in English
noun
1
a musical composition for a group of solo instruments accompanied by an orchestra. The term is used mainly of baroque works.
The sinfonia concertante arose in the latter half of the 1700s as the successor to the Baroque concerto grosso .
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1. Concertino definition is - the solo instruments in a concerto grosso.
2. Concertino definition: the small group of soloists in a concerto grosso Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples
3. The concerto grosso (pronounced [konˈtʃɛrto ˈɡrɔsso]; Italian for big concert(o), plural Concerti grossi [konˈtʃɛrti ˈɡrɔssi]) is a form of baroque music in which the musical material is passed between a small group of soloists (the Concertino) and full orchestra (the ripieno, tutti or concerto grosso).This is in contrast to the solo concerto which features a single solo instrument