Suite vs. Concerto — What's the Difference?

A set of rooms designated for one person's or family's use or for a particular purpose

A concerto (; plural concertos, or concerti from the Italian plural) is, from the late Baroque era, mostly understood as an instrumental composition, written for one or more soloists accompanied by an orchestra or other ensemble. The typical three-movement structure, a slow movement (e.g., lento or adagio) preceded and followed by fast movements (e.g.

A set of instrumental compositions, originally in dance style, to be played in succession.

A composition for an orchestra and one or more solo instruments, typically in three movements.

A group of people in attendance on a monarch or other person of high rank

(music) A piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra.

A set of programs with a uniform design and the ability to share data.

A composition (usually in symphonic form with three movements) in which one instrument (or two or three) stands out in bold relief against the orchestra, or accompaniment, so as to display its qualities or the performer's skill.

A group of minerals, rocks, or fossils occurring together and characteristic of a location or period

A composition for orchestra and a soloist

A staff of attendants or followers; a retinue.

A group of related things intended to be used together; a set.

(also st) A set of matching furniture

A series of connected rooms, as in a hotel or office building, used as a single unit.

An instrumental composition, especially of the 1600s or 1700s, consisting of a succession of dances in the same or related keys.

An instrumental composition consisting of a series of varying movements or pieces.

A group of software products packaged and sold together, usually having a consistent look and feel, a common installation, and shared macros.

A group of procedures that work cooperatively

A group or train of attendants, servants etc.; a retinue.

A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or classed together.

A group of connected rooms, usually separable from other rooms by means of access.

(music) A musical form, popular before the time of the sonata, consisting of a string or series of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms, with sometimes an elaborate prelude.

(music) An excerpt of instrumental music from a larger work that contains other elements besides the music; for example, the Nutcracker Suite is the music (but not the dancing) from the ballet The Nutcracker, and the Carmen Suite is the instrumental music (but not the singing and dancing) from the opera Carmen.

(computing) A group of related computer programs distributed together.

One of the old musical forms, before the time of the more compact sonata, consisting of a string or series of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms, with sometimes an elaborate prelude. Some composers of the present day affect the suite form.

A musical composition of several movements only loosely connected

Apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)

The group following and attending to some important person

A matching set of furniture