solo – Definition in music

Definition of the Italian term solo in music:

solo (passage where one voice or instrument takes the leading role)
solo (piece of music for one voice or instrument, often without accompaniment)
alone
only, single

Language

Italian

Singular

solo (m)sola (f)

Plural

soli (m)sole (f)

Italian musical terms that include solo:

canto solo – unaccompanied melody...
contrabbasso solo – double bass solo (passage in which the double bass...
fagotto solo – bassoon solo
oboe solo – oboe solo
piatto solo – cymbal solo
primo solo – principal solo (solo performed by the lead player ...
secondo solo – second solo (solo performed by the second soloist ...
tasto solo – single key (direction indicating that the notes sh...
terzo solo – third solo (solo performed by the third soloist of...
tromba solo – solo trumpet
uno solo – one by one, a single one
viola solo – viola solo (passage in which the viola is featured...
violino I solo – principal first violin solo (indication that this ...
violino II solo – principal second violin solo (indication that this...
violino solo – violin solo (passage in which the violin is featur...
violoncello solo – cello solo (passage in which the cello is featured...

Music scores that include solo:

Bedřich Smetana: Má vlast (1874) Page 2
Franco Alfano: Suite romantica (1910) Page 1
Giacomo Puccini: La bohème (1896) Page 4
Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem (1874‑1875) Page 2
Haydn: The Creation (1796‑1798) Page 4
Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (1910‑1913) Page 1
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor (ca. 1730) Page 3
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture (1880) Page 2
Sergey Prokofiev: Sur le Borysthène (1933) Page 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor (1791) Page 4

Italian musical terms related to solo:

concertato – soloists (especially those alternating with the fu...
concertino – the soloists in a concerto grosso...
solista – soloist
unico – unique...