A ritornello [ritorˈnɛllo] (Italian; "little return") is a recurring passage in Renaissance music and Baroque music for orchestra or chorus. The earliest...

17th and early 18th century, the da capo aria came to be include the ritornello (literally, 'little return'), a recurring instrumental episode which featured...

development of ritornello in early Italian opera at the very end of the 16th century and early 17th century. While rondo form is similar to ritornello form, it...

concerto) opened with a ritornello, followed by a solo passage called episode, after which a tutti brings back (a variant of) the ritornello, followed by further...

which began with an opening ritornello, which was then omitted in the repeat (the sign being placed after the ritornello). The segno sign is encoded in...

follows: Orchestral ritornello: bars 1–56 Solo exposition: bars 57–154 Ritornello: bars 154–171 Development: bars 172–227 Ritornello: bars 227–250 Recapitulation:...

historically informed performance. He is the founder and leader of the ensemble Ritornello which performs music of the 16th and 17th centuries for voices and a great...

and pizzicato The da capo aria "enjoyed sureness".[citation needed] The ritornello aria – repeated short instrumental interruptions of vocal passages. The...

half of the ritornello. Section B starts with an 8-bar solo episode and has three more solo episodes, punctuated by the two-bar ritornello motto. In the...

movements. Both start in the manner of Vivaldi with unison writing in the ritornello sections. The last movement begins as follows: Bach then proceeds to juxtapose...