concertante
(kohn-sair-TAHN-tay)


[It.] - [Eng.]

  1. Music that is in some way solo or that involves some kind of concerto like passages.

    See also [Eng.] concertante; [Fr.] concertant; [Ger.] konzertierend; [Ger.] konzertant; [It.] concertante.

  3. A female concert performer.
  4. A style of music that is based upon the dissimilarity of two different masses of sound, and involves the contrast between them.

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