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Definition of Divertimento
1. Noun. A musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form.
Generic synonyms: Composition, Musical Composition, Opus, Piece, Piece Of Music
Derivative terms: Serenade
Definition of Divertimento
1. n. A light and pleasing composition.
Definition of Divertimento
1. Noun. In music, a composition that has many short movements, a style that composers started to use in the Eighteenth Century. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Divertimento
1. [n -MENTOS or -MENTI]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Divertimento
Literary usage of Divertimento
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review by Richard Mackenzie Bacon (1826)
"divertimento for the Piano Forte, on the Air " Oh leave me to my sorrow," by TA
Rawlings. divertimento for the Piano Forte, on Bishop's Air of " Are you ..."
2. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"213, divertimento for 2 Hautboys, 2 Horns, 2 Bassoons. F major. ... 289, divertimento
for 2 Haut- boys, 2 Bassoons. 2 Horns. E flat major. ..."
3. Stokes' Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians: Covering the Entire Period of by Leander Jan De Bekker (1908)
"270, divertimento for a small Barrel-Organ. F major. for 2 Hautboys, 2 Horns, 2
Bassoons. ... 287, divertimento for and 2 Horns. F major. Dances for major. ..."
4. The Musical World (1877)
"Of these not more than one or two are known here ; but the divertimento in B ...
This obvious course was adopted when the divertimento in B flat was first ..."
5. The Harmonicon (1825)
"Mr. Calkin's divertimento consists mainly of a rondo pastorale, which is very
... divertimento, for the Piano-Forte, in which is introduced Bishop's admired ..."
6. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, George Grove (1880)
"After the opera he composed another symphony (i 12), and a divertimento (113).
They returned home in the middle of December, 1771. ..."
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