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Orchestral vs Ritornello - What's the difference?

orchestral | ritornello |

As an adjective orchestral

is relating to an orchestra or to music played by an orchestra.

As a noun ritornello is

(music) an orchestral interlude between arias, scenes, or acts in seventeenth-century opera.

orchestral

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Relating to an orchestra or to music played by an orchestra.

    • ritornello

    English

    Alternative forms

    * ritornelle

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (music) an orchestral interlude between arias, scenes, or acts in seventeenth-century opera.
  • (music) a tutti section in a concerto grosso, aria, etc.
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