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Topic: Concertos, Concerti, whats the difference?  (Read 2504 times)

Offline frederic

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Concertos, Concerti, whats the difference?
on: February 24, 2003, 06:24:38 AM
Concertos, Concerti, whats the difference?
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Offline SteveK

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Re: Concertos, Concerti, whats the difference?
Reply #1 on: February 24, 2003, 07:18:28 AM
"Concertos" is English plural. "Concerti" is in the Italian plural for "Concerto". In Italian, instead of adding 's' after the 'o', rather change the 'o' to an 'i' so that it's plural.
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Offline rachfan

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Re: Concertos, Concerti, whats the difference?
Reply #2 on: February 25, 2003, 05:11:13 AM
Stevek is right.  Plus, both terms are entirely correct in referring to more than one concerto.  I have seen a couple of posts in the past where the posters thought that concerti was a bit stuffy.  I admit that in the U.S. we generally go with concertos, but concerti is still equally precise.
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