additional accompaniment

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English

Noun

additional accompaniment (countable and uncountable, plural additional accompaniments)

  1. (music) The practice of enlarging and revising the orchestration of an earlier work, usually a Baroque piece, to accommodate the larger contemporary orchestras and tastes of the time.

References

  • Benjamin Hadley, ed., Britannica Book of Music (Garden City, NY: Doubleday/Britannica Books, 1980), 3.