CONCERT Con"cert, n. Etym: [F. concert, It. concerto, conserto, fr. concertare. See Concert, v. t.]
1. Agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opions and viewa; accordance in a scheme; harmony; simultaneous action. All these discontens, how ruinous soever, have arisen from the want of a due communication and concert. Swift.
2. Musical accordance or harmony; concord. Let us in concert to the season sing. Cowper.
3. A musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments
take part.
Visit by night your lady's chamber window With some sweet concert.
Shak.
And boding screech owls make the concert full. Shak.
Concert pitch. See under Pitch.
CONCERTANTE Con`cer*tan"te (; It. ), n. Etym: [It., orig p. pr. of concertare to form or perform a concert. See Concert.] (Mus.)
Defn: A concert for two or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment. Also adjectively; as, concertante parts.
CONCERTATION
Con`cer*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. concertatio.]
Defn: Strife; contention. [Obs.] Bailey.
CONCERTATIVE
Con*cer"ta*tive, a. Etym: [L. concertativus.]
Defn: Contentious; quarrelsome. [Obs.] Bailey.