stile concertato

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An early Baroque style of music in which groups of instruments or voices share a melody, usually in alternation, and almost always over a basso continuo.

Word forms

stile concertato

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian stile concertato (literally “concerted style”).

Synonyms

concerted style
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