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concerto

/kuhn-cher-toh; Italian kawn-cher-taw/US // kənˈtʃɛr toʊ; Italian kɔnˈtʃɛr tɔ //UK // (kənˈtʃɛətəʊ) //

协奏曲,小提琴

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural con·cer·tos, con·cer·ti [kuhn-cher-tee]. /kənˈtʃɛr ti/. Music.

    • : a composition for one or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment, now usually in symphonic form.

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  • Still, despite all she does and all we’ve heard, despite how wholly she inhabits the music — be it a Bach partita or a searing contemporary concerto like Peter Eötvös’s “DoReMi” — there remains what can only be described as a Midori mystique.

  • Instead, he lives a cozy life, listening to piano concertos and drinking alone.

  • He toggled between electric and acoustic bands and delved into the classical world, composing his own concerto for classical orchestra.

  • He even performed piano concertos by Mozart and other classical composers.

  • Recognizing a scent is a precise and intricate process in which chemistry, biology, and physics must play together in a synchronized concerto—whether you’re relishing the aroma of a rose or pinching your nose at a pile of dog poop.

  • Back to the concerto, or a little light Plato, or some such.

  • His first great piano concerto is widely considered to be the No. 9, Jeunehomme, written at age 21.

  • His speeches have the elegance and control of a Haydn concerto.

  • Going back, Liszt indulged in a little graceful badinage apropos of the concerto.

  • Frulein Fichtner was the young lady who was going to play his concerto in A major at the concert that evening.

  • The concerto made a generally dazzling and difficult impression upon me, but did not "take hold" of me particularly.

  • Frulein Fichtner had already departed, but the first violinist played Mendelssohn's famous concerto for violin.

  • Then, child, you've fallen on your head, if you don't know that at least you must have a second copy of the concerto!