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| x Orchestral suite | The Planets | Suite |
An orchestral suite is a suite of stylized dances for orchestra, either originally composed (like the four Orchestral Suites by Bach) or as a series of brief orchestral excerpts from a longer work, such as a ballet, opera, film score, or musical....
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| x Suite | L'Arlésienne | Orchestral suite |
In music, a suite is an ordered set of instrumental or orchestral pieces normally performed in a concert setting rather than as accompaniment; they may be extracts from an opera, ballet, (Nutcracker Suite) or incidental music to a play (L'Arlésienne...
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| Papillons | |||||
| Pictures at an Exhibition | |||||
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| x Ballad |
In jazz and popular music, the term ballad denotes a short song in a slow tempo, usually with a romantic or sentimental text, though the term is also used for instrumental pieces. Ballad is also used in modern pop and folk music for a (usually...
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| x Mazurka |
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Mazurka in F-sharp minor |
The mazurka (in Polish, mazurek) is a stylized Polish folk dance in triple meter, usually at a lively tempo that has a heavy accent on the third or second beat.
The folk origins of the mazurek are two other Polish musical forms—the slow kujawiak,...
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| x Sonata |
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Sonata da camera |
Sonata (from Latin and Italian sonare, "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece played as opposed to a cantata (Latin and Italian cantare, "to sing"), a piece sung. The term, being vague, naturally evolved through the history of music,...
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| Sonata da chiesa | |||||
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| x Mass |
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Mass in B Minor | Requiem |
The Mass, a form of sacred musical composition, is a choral composition that sets the fixed portions of the Eucharistic liturgy (principally that of the Roman Catholic Church, the Churches of the Anglican Communion, and also the Lutheran Church) to...
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| Messe solennelle | |||||
| Matthäuspassion | |||||
| Mass in C major | |||||
| Mass in E Flat Major | |||||
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| x Requiem |
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Requiem | Mass |
The Requiem or Requiem Mass, also known as the Missa pro defunctis (Latin, "Mass for the deceased") or Missa defunctorum ("Mass of the deceased"), is a liturgical service of the Roman Catholic Church celebrated by the priest presider for the repose...
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| Ein deutsches Requiem | |||||
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| x Concerto |
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The term Concerto (from the Italian: concerto, plural concerti or the anglicised form concertos) is usually a three-part musical work in which one solo instrument (for instance, a piano or violin) is accompanied by an orchestra. The concerto, as...
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| x Piano concerto |
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| Piano Concerto for the Left Hand | |||||
| Concerto in F | |||||
| Concerto for Piano and Orchestra | |||||
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| x Violin concerto | Violin Concerto |
A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin (occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble, customarily orchestra. Such works have been written since the Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up through...
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| x Violin sonata | Violin Sonata No. 9 |
A violin sonata is a musical composition for solo violin, which is nearly always accompanied by a piano or other keyboard instrument, or by figured bass in the Baroque period.
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| Violin Sonata No. 5 | |||||
| Violin Sonata No. 1 | |||||
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| x Cello sonata | Cello Sonata |
A cello sonata usually denotes a sonata written for cello and piano, though other instrumentations are used, such as solo cello. The most famous Romantic-era cellos sonatas are those written by Johannes Brahms and Ludwig van Beethoven. Some of the...
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| x Symphony | Symphony No. 41 |
A symphony is an extended musical composition, scored almost always for orchestra. "Symphony" does not necessarily imply a specific form though most are composed according to the sonata principle. Many symphonies are tonal works in four movements...
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| Symphony No. 6 | |||||
| Symphony No. 1 | |||||
| Symphony No. 6 | |||||
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| x Piano sonata |
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Sonata in B minor |
A piano sonata is a sonata written for unaccompanied piano. Piano sonatas are usually written in three or four movements, although piano sonatas have been written with one movement (Scarlatti, Scriabin), two movements (Beethoven), five (Brahms'...
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| Piano Sonata No. 14 | |||||
| Piano Sonata No. 11 | |||||
| Piano Sonata No. 21 | |||||
| Piano Sonata No. 23 | |||||
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| x Passacaglia |
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Passacaglia über Heidelberg |
A passacaglia is a musical form that originated in early seventeenth-century Spain and is still used by contemporary composers. Its character is usually grave and it is often, but not always, based on a bass-ostinato and written in triple-meter.
The...
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| Passacaglia on DSCH | |||||
| x Cantata |
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Das klagende Lied |
A cantata (literally 'sung', derived from the Italian word 'cantare') is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment and often containing more than one movement.
The term did not exist prior to the 16th century, when all "cultured" music...
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| Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis | |||||
| Geist und Seele wird verwirret | |||||
| Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt | |||||
| Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern | |||||
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| x Triple concerto for violin, violoncello and piano | Triple Concerto |
A triple concerto is a concerto for piano trio (consisting of violin, cello and piano) and orchestra.
Below is a list of concertos for piano trio and orchestra. Please see the related entries for violin concerto, cello concerto, piano concerto and...
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| x Double Concerto for Violin and Cello | Double Concerto |
This is a list of musical compositions for violin, cello and orchestra. Please see the related entries for concerto, cello and violoncello concerto for discussion of typical forms and topics. Also see the list of solo cello pieces and List of...
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| x Violoncello concerto | Cello Concerto |
A cello concerto (sometimes called a violoncello concerto) is a concerto for solo cello with orchestra or, very occasionally, smaller groups of instruments.
These pieces have been written since the Baroque era if not earlier. However, unlike the...
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| x Clarinet concerto | Clarinet Concerto |
A clarinet concerto is a concerto for clarinet and orchestra (or concert band). Albert Rice has identified a work by Giuseppe Antonio Paganelli as possibly the earliest known concerto for solo clarinet; its score appears to be titled "Concerto per...
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| Clarinet Concerto No. 1 | |||||
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| x Flute concerto | Flute Concerto No. 1 |
A flute concerto is a concerto for solo flute and instrumental ensemble, customarily the orchestra. Such works have been written from the Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up through the present day. Some major...
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| x Oboe concerto |
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Oboe Concerto |
A number of concertos (as well as non-concerto works) have been written for the oboe, both as a solo instrument as well as in conjunction with other solo instrument(s), and accompanied by string orchestra, chamber orchestra, full orchestra, band, or...
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| x Bassoon concerto | Bassoon Concerto |
A bassoon concerto is a concerto for bassoon and orchestra. Some of the more famous bassoon concertos are:
Other famous pieces for bassoon and orchestra include Elgar's Romance and Weber's Andante e Rondo Ongarese (this is sometimes known as a...
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| Bassoon Concerto | |||||
| Bassoon concerto in F major op. 75 J.127 | |||||
| x Viola concerto | Viola Concerto |
The viola concerto is a concerto contrasting a viola with another body of musical instruments, usually an orchestra or chamber music ensemble. Early examples of the viola concerto include, among others, Georg Philipp Telemann's concerto in G major,...
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| Viola Concerto | |||||
| Viola Concerto | |||||
| Der Schwanendreher | |||||
| x Horn concerto | Horn Concerto No. 4 |
A number of concertos and concertante works have been written for cor anglais / English horn and string, wind, chamber, or full orchestra.
English horn concertos appeared about a century later than oboe solo pieces, mostly because until halfway...
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| Horn Concerto | |||||
| Horn Concerto No. 3 | |||||
| Horn Concerto No. 1 | |||||
| x String quartet |
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Tempi di quartetto |
A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string instruments — usually two violins, a viola and cello — or a piece written to be performed by such a group. The string quartet is one of the most prominent chamber ensembles in classical music....
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| x Viola sonata | Sonata |
The viola sonata is a sonata for viola, sometimes with other instruments, usually piano. The earliest viola sonatas are difficult to date for a number of reasons:
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| x Symphonic poem |
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Presagios |
A symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music in a single continuous section (a movement) in which the content of a poem, a story or novel, a painting, a landscape or another (non-musical) source is illustrated or evoked. The term was...
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| Memoria del fuego | |||||
| La ruta de Cortes | |||||
| El encuentro | |||||
| La matanza del Templo Mayor | |||||
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| x Song cycle | Canzoni d'amore |
A song cycle is a group of songs designed to be performed in a sequence as a single entity. As a rule, all of the songs are by the same composer and often use words from the same poet or lyricist. Unification can be achieved by a narrative or a...
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| Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen | |||||
| Kindertotenlieder | |||||
| Winterreise | |||||
| Liederkreis, Op. 24 | |||||
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| x Waltz |
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Minute Waltz |
A waltz, or valse from the French term, is a piece of music in triple meter, most often 3/4 but sometimes 3/8 or 3/2. A waltz has a 1.2.3. - 1.2.3. count and (generally) a slow tempo. Waltzes typically have one chord per measure, with the root of...
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| x Cavatina | Cavatina |
Cavatina (Italian diminutive of cavata, the producing of tone from an instrument, plural cavatine) is a musical term, originally a short song of simple character, without a second strain or any repetition of the air. It is now frequently applied to...
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| 5th movement of String Quartet No. 13 | |||||
| x Choral symphony |
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Symphony No. 9 |
A choral symphony is a musical composition for orchestra, choir and sometimes soloists, which in its internal workings and overall musical architecture adheres broadly to symphonic musical form. The term "choral symphony" in this context was coined...
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| Roméo et Juliette | |||||
| A Sea Symphony | |||||
| Symphony No. 8 | |||||
| Symphony of Psalms | |||||
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| x Theme and Variations |
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Hexameron |
In music, variation is a formal technique where material is altered during repetition: reiteration with changes. The changes may involve harmony, melody, counterpoint, rhythm, timbre or orchestration.
Variation forms include ground bass, passacaglia...
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| Goldberg Variations | |||||
| Enigma Variations | |||||
| Paganini Variations | |||||
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| x Overture |
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Portsmouth Point |
Overture (from the French ouverture, meaning opening) in music is the instrumental introduction to a dramatic, choral or, occasionally, instrumental composition. During the early Romantic era, composers such as Beethoven and Mendelssohn began to use...
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| 1812 Overture | |||||
| Hebrides Overture | |||||
| Coriolan Overture | |||||
| Festive Overture | |||||
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| x French overture | Overture in the French style, BWV 831 |
The French overture is a musical form widely used in the Baroque period. It is in three parts: the first is slow, often with over-dotted (i.e. exaggerated dotted rhythms, not strict double-dotting), the second is quick and fugal, and the first part...
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| x Fugue |
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Große Fuge |
In music, a fugue (pronounced /ˈfjuːɡ/) is a type of contrapuntal composition or technique of composition for a fixed number of parts, normally referred to as "voices". In the Middle Ages, the term was widely used to denote any works in canonic...
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| The Art of Fugue | |||||
| The Musical Offering | |||||
| 24 Preludes and Fugues | |||||
| Well-Tempered Clavier | |||||
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| x Oratorio |
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The Apostles |
An oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and soloists. The oratorio was somewhat modeled after the opera. Their similarities include the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable characters,...
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| The Book with Seven Seals | |||||
| Christus am Ölberge | |||||
| Christmas Oratorio | |||||
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| x Rondo | Introduction and Rondo capriccioso |
Rondo, and its French equivalent rondeau, is a word that has been used in music in a number of ways, most often in reference to a musical form, but also in reference to a character-type that is distinct from the form. Although now called rondo form,...
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| x Chaconne | Canon in D |
A chaconne (French pronunciation: [ʃaˈkɔn]; Italian: ciaccona) is a type of musical composition popular in the baroque era when it was much used as a vehicle for variation on a repeated short harmonic progression, often involving a fairly short...
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| x Concerto grosso | Concerto Grosso |
The concerto grosso (Italian for big concert(o), plural concerti grossi) is a form of baroque music in which the musical material is passed between a small group of soloists (the concertino) and full orchestra (the ripieno).
The form developed in...
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| Twelve Concerti Grossi | |||||
| x Sinfonia concertante |
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Sinfonia Concertante |
Sinfonia concertante is a musical form that originated in the classical music era, and is a mixture of the symphony and the concerto genres:
Until the baroque era, the differences between concerto and sinfonia (or: symphony), had not been all that...
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| Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra | |||||
| Petite symphonie concertante | |||||
| Symphony-Concerto in E minor | |||||
| Symphonie Espagnole | |||||
| x Concerto for Orchestra | Concerto for Orchestra |
Although a concerto is usually a piece of music for one or more solo instruments accompanied by a full orchestra, several composers have written works with the apparently contradictory title Concerto for Orchestra. This title is usually chosen to...
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| Concerto in D | |||||
| Concerto for Orchestra | |||||
| x Flute sonata | Flute Sonata |
A flute sonata is a sonata usually for flute and piano, though occasionally other accompanying instruments may be used. Flute sonatas in the Baroque period were very often accompanied in the form of basso continuo.
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| Flute Sonata | |||||
| Sonata Undine | |||||
| Sonata in B minor for flute or recorder and harpsichord | |||||
| Bohuslav Martinu's First Sonata for Flute and Piano | |||||
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| x Clarinet Sonata | Clarinet Sonata |
A clarinet sonata is piece of music in sonata form for clarinet, often with piano accompaniment.
The Clarinet Sonatas by Brahms are of special significance to the clarinet repertoire. Written for clarinetist Richard Mühlfeld fairly late in Brahms'...
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| x Lied | Gretchen am Spinnrade |
Lied (German pronunciation: [ˈliːt]; plural Lieder, [ˈliːdɐ]) is a German word, meaning literally "song"; among English speakers, however, the word is used primarily as a term for European romantic music songs, also known as art songs. More...
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| Der Hirt auf dem Felsen | |||||
| x Bassoon sonata | Sonata in F for Bassoon and Piano |
A bassoon sonata is a sonata for bassoon, often with piano accompaniment. Sonatas written for bassoon were relatively uncommon until the second half of the twentieth century. Occasionally, sonatas written for bassoon are also able to be performed on...
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| x Fantasia | Fantasia Contrappuntistica | Chromatic fantasia |
The fantasia (from Italian: fantasia; also English: fantasy, fancy, German: Fantasie, French: fantaisie) is a musical composition with its roots in the art of improvisation. Because of this, it seldom approximates the textbook rules of any strict...
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| Fantasia No. 3 | |||||
| Wanderer Fantasy | |||||
| Choral Fantasy | |||||
| Wolferl and the Time Machine | |||||
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| x Chromatic fantasia | Fantasia |
A chromatic fantasia is a specific type of fantasia (or fantasy or fancy) originating in sixteenth century Europe. In its earliest form, it is based on a chromatically descending tetrachord which arises naturally out of the dorian mode. Consequently...
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| x Capriccio | Capriccio for Piano and String Orchestra |
A capriccio or caprice (sometimes plural: caprices, capri or, in Italian, capricci), is a piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character. The typical capriccio is one that is fast, intense, and often virtuosic in nature.
The...
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| Capriccio Italien | |||||
| Capriccio espagnol | |||||
| Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra | |||||
| Capriccio | |||||
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| x Octet | Octet in E flat major |
In music, an octet is a musical ensemble consisting of eight instruments or voices, or a musical composition written for such an ensemble.
Octets in classical music are one of the largest groupings of chamber music. They tend to be scored in one of...
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| Octet in F major | |||||
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| x Ode |
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Coronation Ode |
Ode (from the Ancient Greek ὠδή) is a lyrical verse. A classic ode is structured in three major parts: the strophe, the antistrophe, and the epode. Different forms such as the homostrophic ode and the irregular ode also exist.
It is most likely that...
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| x March |
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Orb and Sceptre |
A march, as a musical genre, is a piece of music with a strong regular rhythm which in origin was expressly written for marching to and most frequently performed by a military band. In mood, marches range from the moving death march in Wagner's...
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| Pomp and Circumstance Marches | |||||
| Radetzky March | |||||
| Rákóczi March | |||||
| x Chorale prelude |
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Orgelbüchlein |
In music, a chorale prelude is a short liturgical composition for organ using a chorale tune as its basis. It was a predominant style of the German Baroque era and reached its culmination in the works of J.S. Bach, who wrote 46 (with a 47th...
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| x Scherzo | Overture, Scherzo and Finale |
A scherzo (plural scherzi) is a piece of music or a movement, in a certain style, that forms part of a larger piece such as a symphony, and the scherzo is often the third movement of a symphony, sonata, or string quartet. The word "scherzo" means ...
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| x Pavane |
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Pavane |
The pavane, pavan, paven, pavin, pavian, pavine, or pavyn (It. pavana, padovana; Ger. Paduana) is a slow processional dance common in Europe during the 16th century (Renaissance).
The origin of this term is not known. Possibilities include the word...
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| Pavane pour une infante défunte | |||||
| x Polonaise |
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Polonaise in A major |
The polonaise (Polish: polonez, chodzony; Italian: polacca) is a slow dance of Polish origin, in 3/4 time. Its name is French for "Polish." The notation alla polacca on a score indicates that the piece should be played with the rhythm and character...
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| Polonaise in A-flat major | |||||
| x Paraphrase | Totentanz |
Paraphrase (pronounced /ˈpærəfreɪz/) is restatement of a text or passage, using other words. The term "paraphrase" derives via the Latin "paraphrasis" from the Greek para phraseïn, meaning "additional manner of expression". The act of paraphrasing...
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| x Parody music | The Carnival of the Animals |
Parody music, or musical parody, involves changing or recycling existing (usually very well known) musical ideas or lyrics - or copying the peculiar style of a composer or artist, or even a general style of music. Although the result is often very...
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| x Bagatelle | Op. 111 - Bagatella su Beethoven |
A bagatelle is a short piece of music, typically for the piano, and usually of a light, mellow character. The name bagatelle literally means a "trifle", as a reference to the innocent character of the piece.
The earliest bagatelle with that name was...
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| Bagatelles, Opus 119 | |||||
| Bagatelles, Opus 126 | |||||
| Bagatelle in A minor | |||||
| x Partita | Partitas for keyboard |
Partita was originally the name for a single instrumental piece of music (16th and 17th centuries), but Johann Kuhnau and later German composers (notably Johann Sebastian Bach) used it for collections of musical pieces, as a synonym for suite....
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