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carol

Music; Classical

Since the 19th century, generally a song that is in fourpart harmony, simple form, and having to do with the Virgin Mary or Christmas.

song cycle

Music; Classical

A group of songs performed in an order establishing a musical continuity related to some underlying (conceptual) theme.

castrato

Music; Classical

Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.

muqam

Music; Classical

A Muqam is the melody type used in Uyghur music, that is, a musical mode and set of melodic formulas used to guide improvisation and composition. The muqam system developed among the Uyghur in ...

Echos (Greek: ἦχος, [ˈixos]; pl. Echoi ἦχοι [ˈiçi]) is the name in Byzantine music theory for a mode within the eight mode system (oktoechos), each of them ruling several melody types, and it is used ...

raga

Music; Classical

A raga (Sanskrit rāga राग,રાગ, রাগ, literally "colour, hue" but also "beauty, melody"; also spelled raag, rag, ragam) is one of the melodic modes used in Indian classical music. It is a series of ...