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Webster 1913 Edition
Ripieno
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Ri-pi-e′no
,Adj.
[It.]
(Mus.)
Filling up; supplementary; supernumerary; – a term applied to those instruments which only swell the mass or tutti of an orchestra, but are not obbligato.
Definition 2024
ripieno
ripieno
English
Noun
ripieno (plural ripienos or ripieni)
- (music) The part of a concerto grosso in which the ensemble plays together; contrasted with the concertino.