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A concerto (/ k ə n ˈ tʃ ɛər t oʊ /; plural concertos, or concerti from the Italian plural) is, from the late Baroque era, mostly understood as an instrumental composition, written for one or more soloists accompanied by an orchestra or other ensemble.
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).
Baroque music (UK: / b ə ˈ r ɒ k / or US: / b ə ˈ r oʊ k /) refers to the period or dominant style of Western classical music composed from about 1600 to 1750. [1] The Baroque style followed the Renaissance period , and was followed in turn by the Classical period after a short transition (the galant style ).
The Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, BWV 1046.2 (BWV 1046), [23] is the only one in the collection with four movements. The concerto also exists in an alternative version, Sinfonia BWV 1046.1 (formerly BWV 1046a), [24] which appears to have been composed during Bach's years at Weimar.
Other early violin concertos are the four in Albinoni's Op. 2 (1700) and the six in Torelli's important Op. 8 (1709 - the other six works in this set are double concertos for two violins). The most influential and prolific composer of concertos during the Baroque period was the Venetian Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741). In addition to his nearly ...
Sacred concerto [1] (German: geistliches Konzert, [2] plural: geistliche Konzerte, lit. ' spiritual concerto (or: concert ) ' ) is a 17th-century genre of sacred music , characterized as settings of religious texts requiring both vocal soloists and obbligato instrumental forces for performance.
The concerto lasts approximately 10 minutes depending on performed tempo. The structure of this concerto is unique compared to the other Op. 6 concerti (which have 5+ short, fragmentary movements based on Italian Baroque dances) because it has 4 well-developed movements, which resembles those of a typical Romantic era symphony: [1] starting with an Allegro followed by an Adagio, a Minuet ...
Many later Baroque composers such as Bach and Telemann followed Vivaldi's models in composing their own concertos. [ 8 ] Some scholars argue that "ritornello form quickly disappeared as a general constructive principle" in the early years of the nineteenth century, due to the structural innovations of Beethoven . [ 9 ]