Although a concerto is usually a piece of music for one or more solo instruments accompanied by a full orchestra, several composers have written works with the apparently contradictory title Concerto for Orchestra. This title is usually chosen to emphasise soloistic and virtuosic treatment of individual instruments in the orchestra. The term concerto (plural concertos or concerti) usually refers to a musical work in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra. ... // Music is an art form consisting of sound and silence expressed through time. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ...

For the distinction between the Concerto for Orchestra and the Sinfonia Concertante genres (or: forms): see sinfonia concertante The term musical form refers to two related concepts: the type of composition (for example, a musical work can have the form of a symphony, a concerto, or other generic type -- see Multi-movement forms below) the structure of a particular piece (for example, a piece can be written in... Sinfonia concertante is a musical form that originated in the classical music era, and is a mixture of the symphony and the concerto genres: It is a concerto, in that it has one or more soloists (in the classical music era usually more than one). ...

The best known Concerto for Orchestra is the one by Béla Bartók (1943), although the title had been used several times before. Béla Bartók in 1927 Béla Viktor János Bartók (March 25, 1881 – September 26, 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and collector of Eastern European and Middle Eastern folk music. ...

Concertos for Orchestra (in chronological order)

• Concerto for Orchestra, Opus 38 by Paul Hindemith (1925)
• Concerto for Orchestra by Walter Piston (1933), which is based in part on Hindemith's work
• Concerto for Orchestra by Zoltán Kodály (1939)
• Concerto for Orchestra by Béla Bartók (1943)
• Concerto for String Orchestra by Grażyna Bacewicz (1948)
• Concerto for String Orchestra by Alan Rawsthorne (1949)
• Concerto for Orchestra by Witold Lutosławski (1950-54, which won him the UNESCO 1st price in 1963.
• Concerto for Orchestra by Grażyna Bacewicz (1962)
• Concerto for Orchestra by Michael Tippett (1962-63)
• Concerto for Orchestra by Havergal Brian (1964)
• Concerto for Orchestra by Roberto Gerhard (1965)
• Concerto for orchestra by Thea Musgrave (1967)
• Concerto for Orchestra by Elliott Carter (1969)
• Concerto for orchestra by Anthony Payne (1974)
• Concerto for Orchestra by Roger Sessions (1979-81), which won him the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1982
• Concerto for Orchestra by Karel Husa (1986)
• 1st Concerto for Orchestra by Steven Stucky (1986-87)
• Concerto for Orchestra by Leonard Bernstein (1986-89), which is also known as "Jubilee Games" for orchestra and baritone
• Concerto for Orchestra (Variations without a theme) by Denys Bouliane (1985-95)
• Concerto for Orchestra by Joan Tower (1991)
• Boston Concerto by Elliott Carter (2002)
• Concerto for Orchestra by Jennifer Higdon (2002).
• Concerto for Orchestra by Magnus Lindberg (2003).
• 2nd Concerto for orchestra by Steven Stucky (2003, which won him the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2005
• Concerti for orchestra by Milton Babbitt (2004)
• Concerto for orchestra by Alejandro Arguello (2004-05)

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