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Friday, 3 February 2023

Higher February Revision 3: CONCERTO GROSSO

Concerto grosso 

This is an instrumental composition from the Baroque era in which the full orchestra (called ripieno) contrasts with a smaller group of instruments (called concertino).

In the excerpt below, you will see the concertino group in front of the larger ripieno.




This comes up a lot in Higher papers. Please take a few minutes to be clear about concerto grosso, ripieno and concertino.


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