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Encyclopedia > Concertino (composition)

A concertino (or Konzertstück) is a short concerto. It normally takes the form of a one-movement musical composition for solo instrument and orchestra, though some concertinos are written in several movements played without a pause. The term concerto (plural is concerti or concertos) usually refers to a musical work in which one solo instrument is contrasted with an orchestra. ... In music, a movement is a large division of a larger composition or musical form. ... Musical composition is: an original piece of music the structure of a musical piece the process of creating a new piece of music // A musical composition A piece of music exists in the form of a written composition in musical notation or as a single acoustic event (a live performance... In music, solo means to play or sing alone. ... A philharmonic orchestra An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, usually a fairly large instrumental ensemble with string, brass, woodwind sections, and possibly a percussion section as well. ...


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Concertino (group) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (128 words)
A concertino is the smaller group of instruments in a concerto grosso.
This is opposed to the ripieno which is the larger group contrasting with the concertino.
Though the concertino is the smaller of the two groups, its material is generally more virtuosic than that of the ripieno.
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He studied composition with Albert Sikós and Leó Weiner at the Budapest Academy of Music and continued his studies with Ottorino Respighi at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome.
Concertino was recorded in Germany by Rosa Stein and in Belgium by Mireille Flour.
They are unique compositions in the harp literature because they are based on different sources of Hungarian music history such as folk songs, popular dances or melodies from earlier centuries.
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