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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 824 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CONCERT (through the See also:French from See also:Lat. See also:con-, with, and certare, to strive)  , a See also:term meaning, in See also:general, co-operation, agreement or See also:union; the more specific usages being, in See also:music, for a public performance by instrumentalists, vocalists or both combined, and in See also:diplomacy, for an understanding or agreement for See also:common See also:action between two or more states, whether defined by treaty or not . The term " See also:Concert of See also:Europe " has been commonly applied, since the See also:congress of See also:Vienna (1814-1815), to the See also:European See also:powers consulting or acting together in questions of common See also:interest .

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