Ripieno (Italian for stuffing) or tutti (Italian for everybody) is the larger of the two ensembles in the concerto grosso. This is opposed to the concertino which are the soloists. Also refers to the notes added when realizing the figured bass of a basso continuo.
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(a.)
Filling up; supplementary; supernumerary; -- a term applied to those instruments which only swell the mass or tutti of an orchestra, but are not obbligato.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About