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CONCERTO
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Irregular inflected form: concerti
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A composition for orchestra and a soloist
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("concerto" is a kind of...):
classical; classical music; serious music (traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "concerto"):
concerto grosso (a baroque composition for orchestra and a group of solo instruments)