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<h1>Concert</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con"cert</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>concert</ets>, It. <ets>concerto</ets>, <ets>conserto</ets>, fr. <ets>concertare</ets>. See <er>Concert</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opions and viewa; accordance in a scheme; harmony; simultaneous action.</def>

<blockquote>All these discontens, how ruinous soever, have arisen from the want of a due communication and <b>concert</b>. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Musical accordance or harmony; concord.</def>

<blockquote>Let us in <b>concert</b> to the season sing. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part.</def>

<blockquote>Visit by night your lady's chamber window With some sweet <b>concert</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And boding screech owls make the <b>concert</b> full. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Concert pitch</col>. <cd>See under <er>Pitch</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Concertante</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con`cer*tan"te</hw> <tt>(?; It. ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It., orig p. pr. of <ets>concertare</ets> to form or perform a concert. See <er>Concert</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A concert for two or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment. Also adjectively; <as>as, <ex>concertante</ex> parts</as>.</def>

<h1>Concertation</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con`cer*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>concertatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Strife; contention.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Concertative</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con*cer"ta*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>concertativus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Contentious; quarrelsome.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Concerted</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con*cert"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Mutually contrived or planned; agreed on; <as>as, <ex>concerted</ex> schemes, signals</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Concerted piece</col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>a composition in parts for several voices or instrument, as a trio, a quartet, etc.</cd></cs>

<h1>Concertina</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con`cer*ti"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From It. <ets>concerto</ets> a concert.]</ety> <def>A small musical imstrument on the principle of the accordion. It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on the inside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of the two hexagonal heads.</def>

<h1>Concertino</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con`cer*ti"no</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Concertina</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A piece for one or more solo instruments with orchestra; -- more concise than the <i>concerto</i>.</def>

<h1>Concertion</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con*cer"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Act of concerting; adjustment.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Young.</i>

<h1>Concertmeister</h1> <Xpage=295>