Concerting Music

In the Classical music exclusively, one calls music concerting a instrumental Musical genre , comprising sound oppositions of masses - contrast between a instrument only and several instruments, or, between an small group of instruments and a whole Orchestre, etc

The concerting music was born with the period baroque, but the word “concerto” - with the modern direction that we allot to him - is employed only since the end of the 17th century.

At that time, concerting music revêt primarily two forms:

  • the form of the Concerto grosso, in which several Soliste S - very often three - is opposed to the Tutti.

For example, concertos of Corelli.
  • the form of the concerto of soloist - also called “traditional concerto”, in which a single soloist dialogs with the orchestra.

For example, concertos of Vivaldi.

At the end of the 18th century, the concerto grosso disappears, not without to have influenced other forms - Symphonia concertante, double or triple concerto, for example -, while the concerto of soloist, becomes “symphonic concerto” insofar as the tutti profits from all the evolutions of the Symphony orchestra.

For example, concertos of Mozart.

As of this time, the soloists of the concerting music are from now on specialists in their instrument, and one notes a very clear separation enters, on the one hand the musician of Pupitre, which remains attached to its orchestra, on the other hand the concert performer, intended for a career of virtuoso.

Related subjects

  • Instrument obliged

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