Music GCSE
Baroque concerto grosso
What Baroque concerto grosso means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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A Baroque work in which a concertino of soloists is set against the ripieno, as in this movement of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 in D major.
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- Component 3: Appraising - Set works (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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