concertato

English

Noun

concertato (countable and uncountable, plural concertatos)

  1. (music) An early Baroque genre or style of music in which groups of instruments or voices share a melody, usually in alternation, and almost always over a basso continuo.
    • 2008 June 16, Anthony Tommasini, “Can We Talk? Lively Musical Conversations, With a Contemporary Slant”, in New York Times:
      Every piece chosen explored the concept of concertato, the musical equivalent of a conversation in a lively, eclectic social setting: a boisterous pub, perhaps, as the program note suggested.
  2. A piece of music in this style.

Italian

Verb

concertato m (feminine singular concertata, masculine plural concertati, feminine plural concertate)

  1. past participle of concertare
  2. past participle of concertarsi

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Latin

Verb

concertātō

  1. second-person singular future active imperative of concertō
  2. third-person singular future active imperative of concertō
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