Divertimento

As divertimento (Italian: pleasure, plural: Divertimenti ) refers to a multi-movement instrumental piece. This usually has an entertaining and joyful to dance-like character and is played in a different occupation as " Tafelmusik " ​​or "open-air music ". By the end of the 18th century, the Divertimento was at European courts widespread and popular. The Divertimento is increasing, especially in the work of Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ( an example is the Divertimento in F major, K. 138 called ) and their contemporaries a large space.

Come completely out of fashion in the 19th century, but it was revived in the 20th century by various composers, such as Divertimento for String Orchestra by Béla Bartók or Divertimento for Symphonic Band by Leonard Bernstein.

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