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Meaning of "ritornel" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RITORNEL

ritornel  [ˌrɪtəˈnel] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RITORNEL

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Ritornel is a noun.
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WHAT DOES RITORNEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ritornello

A ritornello is a reinviting passage in Baroque music for orchestra or chorus. The first or final movement of a solo concerto, concerto grosso, or aria may be in "ritornello form", in which the ritornello is the opening theme, always played tutti, which returns in whole or in part and in different keys throughout the movement. In these visits to different keys, ritornello form differs from the rondo. Ritornello form was favoured by Bach, Vivaldi, Telemann and Handel in chamber works, vocal pieces and, most prominently, in solo concerti and concerti grossi in a ‘tutti-solo-tutti-solo-tutti’ pattern. The ritornello, or the ‘tutti’ section, functions as a refrain or chorus while the solo sections may expand upon the short melodic lines of the tutti. At the end of the movement the entire ritornello returns in the home key. J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos offer excellent examples. In opera seria, the ritornello functioned as the main structural support for the da capo aria, in which it was successively repeated.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RITORNEL

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rite
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ritual
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WORDS THAT END LIKE RITORNEL

charnel
cornel
darnel
dwarf cornel
enkernel
girnel
kernel
pimpernel
pine kernel
scarlet pimpernel
uncharnel
water pimpernel
yellow pimpernel

Synonyms and antonyms of ritornel in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «ritornel» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

ritornel
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ritornel
570 millions of speakers

English

ritornel
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ritornel
380 millions of speakers
ar

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ritornel
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ritornel
278 millions of speakers

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ritornel
270 millions of speakers

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ritornel
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ritornel
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Ritornel
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ritornel
180 millions of speakers

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ritornel
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ritornel
85 millions of speakers

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Ritornel
85 millions of speakers
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ritornel
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ritornel
75 millions of speakers

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रटॉर्नल
75 millions of speakers

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ritornel
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ritornel
65 millions of speakers

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ritornel
50 millions of speakers

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ritornel
40 millions of speakers

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ritornel
30 millions of speakers
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ritornel
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ritornel
14 millions of speakers
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ritornel
10 millions of speakers
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ritornel
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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RITORNEL»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ritornel

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RITORNEL»

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The Piano in Chamber Ensemble: An Annotated Guide
Centrum; Elementer og varianter; Flader (Ritornel I) Episode I; Ritornel II; Episode II; Ritornel III: Episode III; Ritornel IV; Episode IV; Ritornel V; Oplosning. Aleatoric, numerous directions (in English and Danish) for the performers, clusters.
Maurice Hinson, Wesley Roberts, 2006
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Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature
The Ritornel begins with a wonderful tender cantilena, full of childlike humility, touchingly heartfelt, which becomes the more intense through the repetition of the motive. (V.) To this is added an answering motive, corresponding to it in all ...
John Sullivan Dwight, 1861
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The Aristoxenian Theory of Musical Rhythm
After an opening ritornel, the chorus enters in a joyful trumpet-like motive, and carries out an introductory period of two pentapodies, which, by an overlap, make up nine bars, since each bar contains one foot. Then comes a ritornel, and the ...
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The Works of John Dryden, Volume XV: Plays: Albion and ...
F2. 189+ s.d. Watermen] Fi, D; Water-men 2 F3 (Water-Men F3); omitted from F2. 189+ s.d. The . . . [to] . . . Scene.] Fi, 2 F3, D; Ritornel. F2. 189+ s.d. Symphony) Fi (corrected form), 2 F3, D; Sympohny Fi (uncorrected form); s.d. omitted from F2.
John Dryden, John Dryden Edward Niles Hooker Hugh Thomas Swedenberg Alan Roper, Earl Miner, 1976
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Exotic Encounters: Selected Reviews
The Ring of Ritornel and Firebird use the same basic methodology to dramatize theories of cosmology. The former might be held to have backed the wrong horse in choosing to celebrate the Hoyle/Gold/Bondi steady state theory, which ...
Brian Stableford, 2009
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Foundation for a New Consciousness: An Essay on Art, ...
Two major religions— Alea and Ritornel— compete for religious dominance. Alea is the deity of chance while Ritornel is that of predestined design. The government of the empire, not wishing to offend either religion, gives them equal status.
John Caris, 1987
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Translation and Adaptation in Theatre and Film
Ritornel. and. the. Medium. The rhythmoftheperformance is determined by the rapidly adopted convention, thatduringthe 'rehearsals', the rhythmic light of the two reflectors outlines the scenes, images and characters from the processofthe.
Katja Krebs, 2013
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Victor Book of Concertos
Fortunately, composers, unlike football coaches, do not hold conventions to decide upon the rules for this season. To avoid any sort of misunderstanding the opening orchestral section will be called the "ritornel," a word which aptly indicates a ...
Abraham Veinus, 1948
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A General History of Music: From the Earliest Ages to the ...
In the ritornel of page 32 there are more frequent changes of measure than in any of Lulli's French operas, where it has been imagined that the expression or metre of the words was thought to require broken measures ; but this ritornel or ...
Charles Burney, 1776
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The Signifier and the Signified: Studies in the Operas of ...
The ritornel of this air is dominated by Motif-a. In Act III, sc. 2, Arcabonne announces death to the prisoners and again the ritornel of the scene is built on Motif-a. The same holds for Arcabonne's air: "Toi qui dans ce torn beau n'es plus qu'un ...
Frits Noske, 1977

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RITORNEL»

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Urania Collezione | agosto 2014 | Charles L. Harness | L'odissea del …
Tra gli altri romanzi di Harness ricordiamo The Ring of Ritornel, 1968 (Ritornello), Wolfhead, 1978 (Il lupo degli abissi), The Catalyst, 1980 (Se un nuovo ... «BooksBlog.it, Aug 14»
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Lied voor 200 jaar koninkrijk te horen in Grote Kerk
Wel eens van een ritornel gehoord? Bij Koninklijk Apeldoorn weten ze inmiddels alles van een muziekstuk met een thema dat wordt herhaald. De Apeldoornse ... «De Stentor, Mar 14»
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La tassa sui risparmi può salire al 35%, Giuliano Zulin su Libero
Un atto di equità – è il ritornel- lo che esce da Palazzo Chigi e dal Pd – rispetto al resto d'Europa. Effettivamente se uno si ferma ai semplicinumeri potrebbesem- ... «Blitz quotidiano, Mar 14»
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El llamado 'Follofacha'
Y a modo de ritornel.lo nos ha ido incrustando esos viajes a la Fundación del PSOE. Ahí Cake ha sabido elaborar una elocuente historieta visual. El PSOE ... «El Periódico de Catalunya, Jul 13»
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Koncert slovenskej hudobnej kultúrnosti
Aj tentoraz stál huslista plne v službách skladby (uviedol z nej len 1. časť Ritornel) vyzdvihnutím meditatívnosti i obnažením vnútorných kontrastov, takých ... «Pravda.sk, Oct 12»
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Olimpiadi Londra 2012: gli sponsor dei Giochi hanno poco di …
Un ritornello che abbiamo risentito ad Atene prima delle olimpiadi del 2004 - chiedete informazioni alla minoranza Rom. Mentre per Pechino non esistono stime ... «Blogosfere, Aug 12»

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« EDUCALINGO. Ritornel [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/ritornel>. Apr 2024 ».
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