Music Vocab

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Vocal solo piece in opera/oratorios

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aria

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Unaccompanied monophonic sacred plainsong in free rhythm

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chant

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Composition for solo instrument(s) with orchestra

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concerto

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Multi-movement vocal composition with orchestral accompaniment, often involving a choir.

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Cantata

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Study piece emphasizing a specific technique

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etude

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Contrapuntal procedure in multiple parts based on a subject stated successively, includes subject, answer, counter-subject, stretto, and episode.

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fugue

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Music created spontaneously

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Improvisation

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Complete, independent sections of a larger work (sonata, suite, symphony)

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movement

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Drama set to music for voices and orchestra with costumes and sets

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opera

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Movement in quick triple meter, meaning 'a joke'

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scherzo