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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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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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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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