Meaning of "divertimento" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DIVERTIMENTO

From Italian.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF DIVERTIMENTO

divertimento  [dɪˌvɜːtɪˈmɛntəʊ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIVERTIMENTO

Divertimento is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DIVERTIMENTO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Divertimento

Divertimento is a musical genre, with most of its examples from the 18th century. The mood of the divertimento is most often lighthearted and it is generally composed for a small ensemble. Divertimento is used to describe a wide variety of secular instrumental works for soloist or chamber ensemble. It is a kind of music entertainment although it could also be applied to serious genres. After 1780, the term generally designated works that were informal or light. As a separate genre, it appears to have no specific form, although most of the divertimenti of the second half of the 18th century go either back to a dance suite approach, or take the form of other chamber music genres of their century. There are many other terms which describe music similar to the divertimento, including serenade, cassation, notturno, Nachtmusik; after about 1780, the divertimento was the term most commonly applied to this light, "after-dinner" and often outdoor music. Divertimenti have from one to nine movements, and there is at least one example with thirteen.

Definition of divertimento in the English dictionary

The definition of divertimento in the dictionary is a piece of entertaining music in several movements, often scored for a mixed ensemble and having no fixed form. Other definition of divertimento is an episode in a fugue.

TRANSLATION OF DIVERTIMENTO

Find out the translation of divertimento to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of divertimento from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «divertimento» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 套曲
• Translator English - Spanish: divertimento
• English: divertimento
• Translator English - Hindi: divertimento
• Translator English - Arabic: divertimento
• Translator English - Russian: дивертисмент
• Translator English - Portuguese: Divertimento
• Translator English - Bengali: divertimento
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• Translator English - Malay: Divertimento
• Translator English - German: Divertimento
• Translator English - Japanese: ディベルティメント
• Translator English - Korean: divertimento
• Translator English - Javanese: Divertimento
• Translator English - Vietnamese: divertimento
• Translator English - Tamil: divertimento
• Translator English - Marathi: दुरूस्ती
• Translator English - Turkish: eğlendirici piyes
• Translator English - Italian: divertimento
• Translator English - Polish: Divertimento
• Translator English - Ukrainian: дивертисмент
• Translator English - Romanian: divertimento
• Translator English - Greek: divertimento
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Divertimento
• Translator English - Swedish: divertimento
• Translator English - Norwegian: divertimento

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIVERTIMENTO»

Discover the use of divertimento in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to divertimento and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Divertimento in D: Part(s)

Joseph Fiala (c1748 - 1816) was a famous Czech composer and performer of his day.

Joseph Fiala, John Wallace, Trevor Herbert, 1989

Divertimento for Clarinet and Two Violas

P. Juon. Paul Juon ...

P. Juon

Robert Nagel's Compositions for Brass

Example 4.3: Divertimento for Ten Winds, I, mm. 35-40 68 Example 4.4: Divertimento for Ten Winds, I, mm. 43-48 69 Example 4.5: Divertimento for Ten Winds, I, mm. 51-53 70 Example 4.6: Divertimento for Ten Winds, I, mm. 57-60 70 Example ...

John Edward Packard, 2008

W. A. Mozart

... winds) 410 411 522 525 6 Divertimentos for various instuments (lost) Divertimentos for trumpets, horns and/or bassett-horns (lost) Divertimento in E flat Divertimento in D Divertimento in D Divertimento in B flat Divertimento in F Divertimento ...

Hermann Abert, Cliff Eisen, 2007

Mozart: The Early Years 1756-1781

Cassation in B flat, K.99/63a: 165, 166, 171, 201 Cassation in D, K.100/62a: 166, 171-73, 201, 202 Cassation in G, K.63: 166, 171-72, 201 Divertimento draft in F, K.288/271/i/246e: 399 Divertimento in B flat, K.287/27U/271H: 399-400, 401, ...

Stanley Sadie, 2006

Flute Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog

Divertimento. Bostwick, Sara. Divertimento. Coulthard, Jean. Divertimento. Gideon, Miriam. Divertimento. Grzadzielowna, Eleanor. Divertimento. Gyring, Elizabeth. Divertimento. Hoover, Katherine. Divertimento. Lauber, Anne Marianne.

Heidi M. Boenke, 1988

Mozart

Divertimento draft in F, K.288/271h/246e: 399 Divertimento in B flat, K.287/271b/ 271H: 399–400, 401, 402, 422, 506 Divertimento in B flat for winds, K.186/159d: 297–99 Divertimento in B flat for winds, K.240: 326, 395–96 Divertimento in B flat  ...

Stanley Sadie, 2006

The Cambridge Mozart Encyclopedia

... serenades and other movements for winds 33a Solos for flute and basso (lost) 478 166 Divertimento in E flat 271, 309, 532 186 Divertimento in B flat 532 188 Divertimento in C 310,445 213 Divertimento in F 455, 532 240 Divertimento in B  ...

Cliff Eisen, Simon P. Keefe, 2006

Weinzweig: Essays on His Life and Music

337, 352-55, 353-54, 359, 362-63, 362; Divertimento no. 2, 13-14, 123, 208, 229, 231-32, 290, 307, 328; Divertimento no. 3, 16, 208-9, 217, 229, 232-35, 233, 275, 291, 302; Divertimento no. 4, 17, 209, 239-40; Divertimento no. 5, 17, 236-38, ...

John Beckwith, Brian Cherney, 2011

The New Grove Haydn

... D 21 (1959) 10, 67 8 XIV:10 Divertimento no.1 con violini, C hpd, (2) vn, (b) ? c1764—7 _]E HW xvi, 73 only hpd extant; finale 67 uses that of kbd sonata, appx W1, II; facs. in Landon (A1980), 546 9 XIV:4 Divertimento (Concerto), C hpd, 2 vn,  ...

James Webster, Georg Feder, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIVERTIMENTO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term divertimento is used in the context of the following news items.

Mozart at 25

... Jessica Lee and cellist/Northwest Bach Festival Artistic Director Zuill Bailey taking on Mozart's only string trio, Divertimento in E-flat Major. «Pacific Northwest Inlander, Jul 15»

La tv araba prova a fare satira sullo Stato islamico

Appare il nome di Nasser al Qasabi, autore della serie, che per i telespettatori arabi è sinonimo di commedia e divertimento. Sua è la serie ... «Internazionale, Jul 15»

Asheville area acoustic music, classical, comedy, more

The Brevard Concert Orchestra performs Bach/Schoenberg's Prelude & Fugue in E-flat, Rota's Divertimento Concertante, Smetana's The ... «Asheville Citizen-Times, Jul 15»

Social calendar

The Connoisseur Concerts Wind Ensemble will play audience-favorite music and the Mozart Divertimento for String Trio will be played by Zuill ... «The Spokesman Review, Jul 15»

Come salvarsi dal labirinto reale di Borges

Ma è questo il divertimento, no? Io non ci sono ancora stato ma la mia famiglia sì. È un capolavoro. Ci hanno messo quindici anni a costruirlo”. «Internazionale, Jul 15»

Carillon Concert Series continues to July 23

He has been Music Director of Divertimento Orchestra since 1987 and has played the bassoon and contrabassoon with the Ottawa Symphony ... «West Hartford News, Jul 15»

What's on where around Leamington: July 3 edition

Dale Street Methodist Church, Dale Street, 7.30pm: Divertimento, Sheila Koch conductor, Music to make you laugh – Music to make you cry. «Leamington Courier, Jul 15»

Summer concert series continues at St. Francis by the Sea

They will perform Mozart's “Divertimento for String Trio in E flat major, K 563.” Mr. Ellis has performed with the Southwest Florida Symphony, the ... «Carolinacoastonline, Jul 15»

Philharmonia/Dohnányi review – lithe, passionate playing

Bartók's Divertimento for strings, written in 1939 immediately before the outbreak of the second world war, came first. Conveying something ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

Orion Ensemble Sets 23rd Season

The program also includes three works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart-Divertimento in E-flat Major for String Trio, K. 563; Fantasy in C Minor for ... «Broadway World, Jun 15»