concerto grosso

1. 1.

   a baroque composition for orchestra and a group of solo instruments

   Broaderconcerto

Questions about concerto grosso

What does concerto grosso mean?

concerto grosso means "a baroque composition for orchestra and a group of solo instruments".

Is concerto grosso a common word?

concerto grosso is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.