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ritornello
Word definitions for ritornello in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A ritornello (Italian; "little return") is a recurring passage in Baroque music for orchestra or chorus .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ritornelle \Rit`or*nelle"\, Ritornello \Ri`tor*nel"lo\, n. [It. ritornello, dim. of ritorno return, fr. ritornare to return: cf. F. ritournelle.] (Mus.) (a) A short return or repetition; a concluding symphony to an air, often consisting of the burden of ...
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context music English) an orchestral interlude between arias, scenes, or acts in seventeenth-century opera. 2 (context music English) a tutti section in a concerto grosso, aria, etc.
Usage examples of ritornello.
What it probably did was to repeat as a sort of ritornello the clearly marked refrain of the song.
They spent the night with some unspeakable hippies in Granada, Andy conducting a sale of dud narcotics on whose proceeds the couple dined at the Ritornello club in Alicante, where he moreover made her dance.