Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In music, supplementary.
- noun Pl. ripieni (-nē). Such an instrument or performer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun music The part of a
concerto grosso in which theensemble plays together; contrasted to theconcertino
Etymologies
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Examples
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My Italian is a bit rusty, but here goes: "ripieno" -- filling; "marmellata alle fragole" -- strawberry jelly; "pasta di zucchero" -- literally "sugar paste", probably meaning icing.
Cupcake in red 2008
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Baroque period which consists of a string ensemble or orchestra '(the' '"ripieno"' '...)
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Cupcakes base e con mini-ripieno di marmellata alle fragole decorati con pasta di zucchero.
Cupcake in red 2008
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In the space of a few pages, we learn about the regional differences in the herbs used for ripieno (ravioli filling), we are treated to a reverie on intimacy in middle age and we're offered a meditation on loving and forgetting.
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The Opera House orchestra needed a _ripieno_ (supplementary violin), and Handel accepted the post.
Story-Lives of Great Musicians Francis Jameson Rowbotham
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What reason he had for letting it be understood that he possessed only a slight skill in playing is not shown, for to play _ripieno_ meant that he was expected simply to help out the orchestra when additional harmonies were required, and to give support to the solo parts.
Story-Lives of Great Musicians Francis Jameson Rowbotham
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[314] According to the first plan, Michael Angelo bargained with the Pope for twelve Apostles in the lunettes, and another part to be filled with ornament in the usual manner -- "dodici Apostoli nelle lunette, e 'l resto un certo partimento ripieno d' adornamenti come si usa."
Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts John Addington Symonds 1866
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The one Allegro movement barely traverses the dance medium, its darkly measured grace marked by a violin solo and dotted ripieno rhythms of demure power somewhat reminiscent of Bach's
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The one Allegro movement barely traverses the dance medium, its darkly measured grace marked by a violin solo and dotted ripieno rhythms of demure power somewhat reminiscent of Bach's
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The Juilliard String Quartet took the role of the Baroque concertino, or small solo group, playing in consort with the ripieno, or full orchestra.
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