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| The basic setting of the music: monophonic, homophonic, polyphonic. |
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| 1) Holy Communion in the Roman Catholic Church. 2) The musical setting of the Ordinary of the Mass. |
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| Trying to paint a picture with the music. |
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| A bass line for keyboard and other instruments in which the player is given only a succession of single notes and other symbols from which to fill out the remainder of the harmony. |
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| The larger group performing music. |
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| The text of an opera or oratorio. |
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| 1) A sizable group of singers that sings choral music. 2) A section of an opera, oratorio, or cantata sung by a chorus. |
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| 1) A Baroque multi movement work for solo instrument. 2) A multi movement work for piano and other instrument, or piano alone. |
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| One melodic line without any accompaniment. |
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| The name for early polyphonic music of medieval times. |
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| Unaccompanied choral music. |
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| A large independent section of an instrumental composition. |
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| The main theme of a fugue. |
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| An accompanied solo song, usually of some length and complexity, in an opera, oratorio, and cantata. |
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| 1) A collection of group of stylized pieces of dance music. 2) A collection of parts of a larger work such as a ballet or opera. |
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| A vocal composition in several movements for solo voices, instruments, and usually a chorus; it is usually based on a religious text, |
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| The texture consisting of a line of melody with accompaniment, |
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| An instrumental dance during the Middle Ages. |
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| Abrupt changes in levels of loudness, |
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| A stately hymn tune used in the German Lutheran Church. |
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| Music in which two or more melodic lines of approximately equal importance are sounded at the same time, |
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| A composition in which the main theme is presented in imitation in several parts. |
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| A drama set to music in which the lines of text are sung to orchestral accompaniment. |
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| The monophonic chant originally sung unaccompanied, in Latin by monks and priests in the Roman Catholic Church. |
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| The orchestral form in which themes at the beginning of a concerto grosso return later in the movement. |
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| The secondary theme in a fugue. |
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| A sizable work for chorus, soloists, and orchestra, usually on religious topic, that is performed without costumes, scenery, or acting. |
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| A multi movement work contrasting a small instrumental group with a large group. |
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