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canon

Music; Classical

A contrapuntal form in two or more (voice or instrumental) parts in which the melody is introduced by one part and then repeated by the next (and so on) before each previous part has finished (i.e., ...

sinfonia concertante

Music; Classical

An 18th/early 19th century concerto grosso-like orchestral form for one or more featured instruments, but often exhibiting the lightheartedness of a divertimento.

bel canto

Music; Classical

(1) A manner of singing (from the Italian 'beautiful singing') originally exhibited by Italian singers of the late 18th century emphasizing smoothness and beauty of sound throughout the full vocal ...

serialism

Music; Classical

Twentieth century compositional method which employs ordered sets of tones instead of the traditional chordal progressions to create the music.

isorhythm

Music; Classical

Putting parts of a melody into a repeated pattern to form one strand in a polyphonic work, usually a motet.

bel canto opera

Music; Classical

Term for early romantic opera, which featured bel canto singing.

series

Music; Classical

A fixed arrangement of pitches (or rhythms) held to throughout a serial composition.

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