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In [[music]], a '''solo''' (from the {{lang-it|solo}}, meaning ''alone'') is a [[musical composition|piece]] or a [[section (music)|section]] of a piece played or sung by a single performer. Performing a solo is "to solo", and the performer is known as a ''soloist''. |
In [[music]], a '''solo''' (from the {{lang-it|solo}}, meaning ''alone'') is a [[musical composition|piece]] or a [[section (music)|section]] of a piece played or sung by a single performer. Performing a solo is "to solo", and the performer is known as a ''soloist''. |
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The plural is ''soli'' or the [[anglicisation|anglicised]] form ''solos''. In some context these are interchangeable, but ''soli'' tends to be restricted to classical music, and |
The plural is ''soli'' or the [[anglicisation|anglicised]] form ''solos''. In some context these are interchangeable, but ''soli'' tends to be restricted to classical music, and mostly either the solo performers or the solo [[passage (music)|passage]]s in a single piece. Furthermore, the word ''soli'' can be used to refer to a small number of simultaneous parts assigned to single players in an orchestral composition. In the Baroque [[concerto grosso]], the term for such a group of soloists was ''[[Concertino (group)|concertino]]''. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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In music, a solo (from the Template:Lang-it, meaning alone) is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer. Performing a solo is "to solo", and the performer is known as a soloist.
The plural is soli or the anglicised form solos. In some context these are interchangeable, but soli tends to be restricted to classical music, and mostly either the solo performers or the solo passages in a single piece. Furthermore, the word soli can be used to refer to a small number of simultaneous parts assigned to single players in an orchestral composition. In the Baroque concerto grosso, the term for such a group of soloists was concertino.
History
18th century
In the Baroque and Classical periods, the word solo was virtually equivalent to sonata, and could refer either to a piece for one melody instrument with (continuo) accompaniment, or to a sonata for an unaccompanied melody instrument, such as Johann Sebastian Bach’s sonatas for violin alone.[1]
See also
Sources
- ^ David Fuller, "Solo", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
