ritornello
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Italian ritornello, diminutive of ritorno return, from ritornare to return: compare French ritournelle.
Noun
ritornello (plural ritornellos or ritornelli)
- (music) an orchestral interlude between arias, scenes, or acts in seventeenth-century opera.
- (music) a tutti section in a concerto grosso, aria, etc.
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