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chamber music collapse: serious music performed by a small group of musicians

nocturne collapse: a pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano)

sonata collapse: a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms

orchestration collapse: the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments; an arrangement of events that attempts to achieve a maximum effect; "the skillful orchestration of his political campaign"; an arrangement of a piece of music for performance by an orchestra or band

etude collapse: a short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity

string quartet collapse: an instrumental quartet with 2 violins and a viola and a cello

music collapse: musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest"; punishment for one's actions; "you have to face the music"; "take your medicine"; any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds; "he fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes"; (music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds); an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

part music collapse: vocal music for several voices in independent parts (usually performed without accompaniment)

introit collapse: a composition of vocal music that is appropriate for opening church services

jazz collapse: a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands; a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles; play something in the style of jazz

adaptation collapse: (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light); a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form; "the play is an adaptation of a short novel"; the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

edition collapse: the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published; an issue of a newspaper; "he read it in yesterday's edition of the Times"; all of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time; "the first edition appeared in 1920"; "it was too late for the morning edition"; "they issued a limited edition of Bach recordings"

cantata collapse: a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text

syncopation collapse: music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm; a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat

trio collapse: a musical composition for three performers; three people considered as a unit; a set of three similar things considered as a unit; three performers or singers who perform together

cadenza collapse: a brilliant solo passage occuring near the end of a piece of music

bop collapse: an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940); dance the bebop

coloratura collapse: singing with florid ornamentation; a lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal music

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