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TRIO

Volume 21 · 60 words · 1842 Edition

or TRIZETTO, in Music, a composition for three voices or for three instruments. Among the most striking instrumental trios are those by Mozart and Beethoven for violin, viola, and violoncello, and for pianoforte, violin, and violoncello, &c. The term trio is also applied to a movement in 3/4 time, which often follows the minuet in a piece of instrumental music.