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concerto

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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con·cer·to /kənˈtʃɜːtəʊ $ -ˈtʃertoʊ/ noun (plural concertos) [countable]  APMa piece of classical music, usually for one instrument and an orchestra 协奏曲
Examples from the Corpus
concertoIn the mid-1950s, Piazzola began to write operas and concertos based on the tangos.His best selling recording was a version of Elgar's cello concerto.One of the pieces is a jazz concerto by the legendary trumpet player Harry James.The Albinoni started life as an oboe concerto.He is a most distinguished Mozartian, and this year is recording all 27 of the piano concertos for Chandos Records.But the concerto, none the less, is completely Mozartian in character, and perfectly assured.Douglas makes the concerto sound almost chaste in its clinical brilliance.David Oistrakh recorded the Brahms and Tchaikovsky violin concertos many times.
Origin concerto (1700-1800) Italian concerto concert; → CONCERT
con·cer·to nounChineseSyllable
music, and classical instrument a of Corpus piece usually one for


concerto
concerto /kənˈtʃɜːtəʊ $ -ˈtʃertoʊ/ noun (plural concertos) [countable]
 Date: 1700-1800
 Language: Italian
 Origin: concerto 'concert'; concert
a piece of classical music, usually for one instrument and an orchestra


con·certoBrE /kənˈtʃɜːtəʊ/ 🔊NAmE /kənˈtʃɜːrtoʊ/ 🔊 noun (
plural
con·certos
)
a piece of music for one or more solo instruments playing with an orchestra 协奏曲a piano concerto钢琴协奏曲a concerto for flute and harp长笛与竖琴协奏曲