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Third Stream

Music; Classical

Term (coined by the American composer Gunther Schuller in the late 1950s) for compositional method bringing together jazz and classical styles.

Vernacularist

Music; Classical

Used here to describe a 20th century composition approach making use of popular music forms such as jazz or theater.

falsetto

Music; Classical

A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords, the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.

piano

Music; Classical

A large keyboard musical instrument with a wooden case enclosing a soundboard and metal strings, which are struck by hammers when the keys are depressed.

fanfare

Music; Classical

A short ceremonial flourish played by brass instruments.

piano four hands

Music; Classical

A piece played by two players on one piano.

fantas(-ia)(-ie)(-y)/phantasie

Music; Classical

Especially, an instrumental piece in which conventional form is suspended in favor of the application of imaginative stylizations or improvisation (the term is also applied to several similar ...