Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p A double concerto usually refers to a concerto featuring two performers, as opposed to the usual single performer, in the solo role, whether these two performers' instruments are of the same type or different. Among well-known double concertos of this kind are such works as J.S. Bach's Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, Mozart's Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra, and Brahms's Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra.The term may also be used to refer to the use of a double orchestral body where the work is in concerto grosso form; for example, Martinů's Concerto for two string orchestras, piano and timpani is commonly known by the title "Double Concerto", where the word "double" refers to the two string bodies rather than to the piano and timpani who are not soloists in the conventional sense.Concerti with more than two solo parts may be known by the terms "triple concerto", "quadruple concerto", etc., (Beethoven's Triple Concerto for Violin, Violoncello, Piano and Orchestra being perhaps the most notable), but not usually where the instruments are of the same type (e.g., Vivaldi's Concerto for Four Violins in B minor, catalogued as RV 580 and transcribed for four harpsichords by Bach as BWV 1065).. }
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- Double_concerto abstract "A double concerto usually refers to a concerto featuring two performers, as opposed to the usual single performer, in the solo role, whether these two performers' instruments are of the same type or different. Among well-known double concertos of this kind are such works as J.S. Bach's Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, Mozart's Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra, and Brahms's Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra.The term may also be used to refer to the use of a double orchestral body where the work is in concerto grosso form; for example, Martinů's Concerto for two string orchestras, piano and timpani is commonly known by the title "Double Concerto", where the word "double" refers to the two string bodies rather than to the piano and timpani who are not soloists in the conventional sense.Concerti with more than two solo parts may be known by the terms "triple concerto", "quadruple concerto", etc., (Beethoven's Triple Concerto for Violin, Violoncello, Piano and Orchestra being perhaps the most notable), but not usually where the instruments are of the same type (e.g., Vivaldi's Concerto for Four Violins in B minor, catalogued as RV 580 and transcribed for four harpsichords by Bach as BWV 1065).".