Usually means: Recurring musical theme in baroque.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. ritornello: Merriam-Webster
  2. ritornello: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ritornello: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ritornello: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ritornello: Wordnik
  6. ritornello: Wiktionary
  7. ritornello: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. ritornello: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. ritornello: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. ritornello: Dictionary.com
  11. Ritornello (ensemble), Ritornello: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Ritornello: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. Ritornello, ritornello: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. ritornello: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. ritornello: FreeDictionary.org
  16. ritornello: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. SimplyTheBest Music Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ritornello)

▸ noun:  (music) A recurring tutti passage in Baroque music for orchestra or chorus.

Similar:
tutti, concertino, terzetto, talea, serenade, trio, ensemble, ribattuta, sequence, chorus, more...

Opposite:
episode, interlude, intermezzo, transition

Adjectives:
orchestral, instrumental, final, first, second, short, introductory, long, initial, third, opening



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Similar:
tutti, concertino, terzetto, talea, serenade, trio, ensemble, ribattuta, sequence, chorus, more...

Opposite:
episode, interlude, intermezzo, transition

Adjectives:
orchestral, instrumental, final, first, second, short, introductory, long, initial, third, opening



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