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A musical composition in several movements
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divertimento
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n. (context music English) a composition that has many short movements, a style that composers started to use in the Eighteenth Century.
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The Divertimento is a 1994 composition for solo cello by Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki . The piece is well known for its typical chromatic melodies and for its recurrent use of pizzicati and col legno .
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n. a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form [syn: serenade ] [also: divertimenti (pl)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Divertimento \Di*ver`ti*men"to\, n.; pl. -ti . [It.] (Mus.) A light and pleasing composition.
Usage examples of divertimento.
It failed Kien why anybody would waste his time like that, but he allowed lesser men their divertimenti.
Symphonies, divertimenti for concerted instruments, string quartets, a clavier trio, airs, a cantata, and other works were all produced at these concerts, and with almost invariable applause.
Tutto l'atrio era tappezzato di manifesti pubblicitari di tutti i possibili divertimenti di una sagra di paese, in un'accozzaglia variopinta di tunnel dell'amore, casa degli specchi, giostre per bambini, fenomeni da baraccone, incontri di Wrestling, concorsi di bellezza, valzer, altalene, ruote della morte.
In the catalogue of his works there are no fewer than 175 compositions for the instrument--namely, six duets for two barytons, twelve sonatas for baryton and violoncello, twelve divertimenti for two barytons and bass, and 125 divertimenti for baryton, viola and violoncello.
The list, as given by Pohl, comprises, in addition to the works already named, about thirty symphonies six string trios, a few divertimenti in five parts, a piece for four violins and two 'celli, entitled "Echo," twelve minuets for orchestra, concertos, trios, sonatas and variations for clavier, and, in vocal music, a "Salve Regina" for soprano and alto, two violins and organ.
Per puro divertimento (dissero), i giovani operatori barbuti crearono uno stato di servizio militare per Travis, attribuendogli sei anni nei marines e decorandolo con la Purple Heart più un paio di encomi per il coraggio dimostrato durante una missione di pace in Medio Oriente.
Then came Amsel's swallowtail divertimenti: the unleashed grandmother.
Tutta la settimana frequentammo concerti, locali, cinema, divertimenti serali.