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Song that is written to capture the essence of a scene, paint a picture by sound, and help the listener create a visual image

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Art song

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The liturgy of the Roman Catholic Eucharist. In music, a mass is a choral setting of the Mass that contains five sections: Kylie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei

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Mass

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A composition in several movements for orchestra and chorus often with a sacred text, and utilizing recitatives, arias, and choruses

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Cantata

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A polyphonic composition for choir based on a sacred Latin text and typically sung without accompaniment

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Motet

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A theatrical presentation with drama set to music

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Opera

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Also called Opera Seria (serious opera) grand in scale and tragic in tone. Highly stylized treatment of heroic subjects such as gods and heroes

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Grand Opera

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Comic opera that usually does not have a spoken dialogue and typically uses satire to treat a serious topic with humor.

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Opera buffa

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A semi-dramatic work, without acting, scenery or costumes, often on a religious theme, for orchestra, choir and soloists.

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Oratorio

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An independent composition for orchestra in one movement, typically in sonata form and from the Romantic period.

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Concert overture

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An extended composition for orchestra and one or more soloists, typically in three movements, fast-slow-fast

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Concerto

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Music written for one musician, with or without accompaniment

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Solo

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Music written for two musicians, with or without accompaniment

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Duet

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Music written for three musicians, with or without accompaniment

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Trio

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Music written for four musicians, with or without accompaniment

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Quartet

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Music written for five musicians, with or without accompaniment

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Quintet

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Music written for six musicians, with or without accompaniment

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Sextet

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Music written for seven musicians, with or without accompaniment

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Septet

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Music written for eight musicians, with or without accompaniment

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Octet

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Any arrangement of musicians usually more than four

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Ensemble

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A large instrumental ensemble divided into sections such as strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion. In theatre, the section of seats on the ground floor of the auditorium directly in front of the stage.

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Orchestra

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An instrumental piece, usually in three of four movements and usually for one or two players.

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Sonata

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An instrumental composition, typically in two parts arising from the Baroque period and comprising a set of dance-inspired movements written in the same key but differing in tempo, meter, and character.

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Suite

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An extended musical composition for orchestra usually consisting of three or four movements

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A polyphonic composition in which a theme or themes are stated successively in all voices.

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The dominant idea of a work of art, music, film, dance, and literature. In music, a principal melodic phrase in a composition.
Theme
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Vibrations that travel through the atmosphere and cause the eardrum to vibrate
Sound
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The highness or lowness of the sound. Short wavelengths create a higher pitch; whereas, long wavelengths create lower ones.
Pitch
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The loudness of a sound. Pianissimo-very soft: Piano-soft: Mezzopiano-moderately soft: Mezzo-forte-moderately loud: Forte-loud: Fortissimo-very loud!
Dynamics
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The timbre of a voice or instrument
Tone color
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The quality of a tone that distinguishes it from other tones of the same pitch.
Timbre
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How many beats the pitch or note is being held
Duration
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Equal parts into which the measure is divided
Beat
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On written music, a measure is the distance between two bar lines.
Measure
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On written music, a vertical line that lies perpendicular to the staff or grand staff.
Bar line
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Five, horizontal parallel lines
Staff
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Two sets of five horizontal, parallel lines, connect by a Grand Bar Line, with the upper staff usually being treble clef and the bottom staff being the bass clef.
Grand Staff
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The regular succession of rhythmical impulses or beats.
Meter
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The relationship, either of time or space, between recurring elements of a composition. The regular or ordered repetition of dominant and subordinate elements or units with a design or composition.
Rhythm.
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The slowness or fastness of a rhythm
Tempo
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The succession of recognizable tones that create a whole
Melody
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The arrangement and progression of chords
Harmony
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The melodic and harmonic characteristics of a composition
Texture
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The scientific study of music, including aspects of physics of sound, chord progressions, and note development
Theory
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The study of the overall development of a piece of music: identifying which phrases repeat, and which phrases are new and all combinations within the piece of music.
Form and Analysis
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A diverse artistic style taking place from the late 16th century to the early 18th century marked typically by complexity, elaborate form, and appeal to the emotions
Baroque
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Adhering to traditional standards. In music, classical refers to a style of the18th century that adhered to classical standards but had no known classical antecedents.
Classical
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A philosophy as well as a style in all the arts and literature, dating to the late 18th through 19th centuries. Sought to reflect great diversity.
Romantic
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Music that reflects the style of the day
Contemporary
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Music that has a definite 2-beat feel and was first written for military purposes
March
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A Caribbean Island feel that reflects the laid-back lifestyle of those residents. Bobby Farin
Reggae
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Elvis Presley, King of Rock and Roll- a strong, heavy drum beat that establishes the rhythmic feel with heavy guitar and piano providing the melody and harmony
Rock
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Written to fully express the restrained emotions of the slaves and former slaves developing in the Mississippi Delta
Rhythm and Blues
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A highly vocalized, automatonic, rhythmic beat that expresses the artist's emotions usually of hatred and violence
Rap
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A sacred style of music that developed by African-Americans and was a spin-off of Rhythm and Blues
Gospel
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Similar to an Opera but includes folk-music or music specifically written to carry the story
Musical
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The primary female singer in an opera or musical
Prima Donna

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