musical form
overall structure or plan of a piece of music
aria
musical piece for a single voice as part of a larger work
recitative
musical form in opera, cantata, mass or oratorio
canzona
type of instrumental music of the 16th and 17th centuries that developed from the Netherlandish chanson
arietta
music genre
calypso
style of Afro-Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago
intermezzo
opera genre
bagatelle
short piece of music
caccia
Italian music term; part song in canon form portraying hunting and usually employing such sounds as the cries of beggars and vendors, the barks of dogs, etc.
jig
folk dance
potpourri
musical piece made up of short excerpts from different existing pieces, played one after the other
chamber symphony
type of symphony composed for chamber orchestra, chamber ensemble
prelude and fugue
musical form consisting of a prelude and a fugue in the same key
Concertato
early Baroque music term describing a shared melody
Recapitulation
section of a movement written in sonata form
canary
classical dance music form
oratorio
large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and soloists
suite
ordered set of musical pieces normally performed in a concert
leitmotif
short, constantly recurring musical phrase, associated with a particular person, idea, or situation
improperia
Sung antiphons and responses
instrumental music
music without spoken or sung language
passacaglia
musical form written in triple metre
chaconne
musical form; type of dance
conductus
medieval song with serious, usually sacred, text in Latin verse
sinfonia concertante
composition for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
ternary form
3-part musical form consisting of first section, second section and a repitition of section 1
through-composed
relatively continuous, non-sectional, or non-repetitive music
Trecento Madrigal
Italian musical form of the fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries
pastoral
musical genre that depicts the characters and scenes of rural life or is expressive of its atmosphere
palo
flamenco term used to group different traditional musical forms
tambourin
Provençal dance accompanied by lively duple meter music
fugato
passage in fugal style within a non-fugue musical work
Musical argument
concept in the theory of musical form
cancan
classical dance music form based on a dance called cancan
kozak
classical dance music form
krakowiak
classical dance music form
tango
music genre originating in Argentina and Uruguay
anthem
genre of English polyphonic sacred music of the 16th-18th centuries, an expanded choral work (such as a cantata or an expanded motet) into a biblical text
concerto
musical composition usually in three parts
rondo
musical form or character type
Gregorian chant
form of song
operetta
type of dramatico-musical work
cantata
vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment
pavane
slow processional dance common in Europe during the 16th century
tarantella
number of different folk dances characterized by a fast upbeat tempo
lick
stock pattern or phrase in music consisting of a short series of notes
aleatoric music
music in which some element of the composition is left to chance, and/or some primary element of a composed work's realization is left to the determination of its performer(s)
arabesque
type of music which uses melodies to create the atmosphere of Arabic architecture
epithalamium
a song or poem celebrating a wedding