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Arabic maqām (Arabic: مقام‎; pl. maqāmāt مقامات or maqams) is the system of melodic modes used in traditional Arabic music, which is mainly melodic. The word maqam in Arabic means place, location or ...

maqam al-iraqi

Music; Classical

Al-Maqam Al-Iraqi (Arabic: الـمـقـام الـعـراقـي‎) is a four hundred year old genre of Arab music found in Iraq and often considered the most perfect form of maqam. The instrumentation of the ensemble ...

arco

Music; Classical

Arco (Italian: bow) is used as an indication to string-players that they should use the bow, rather than pluck with the fingers (see pizzicato).

Neoclassical

Music; Classical

A 20th century style of composition exhibiting a return to the use of structural forms and stylistic features employed in earlier times.

Neoclassicism

Music; Classical

See Classicism.

Renaissance Period

Music; Classical

Era in the history of Western music extending from c1400-c1600, and exemplified by the compositions of Josquin Desprez, Lasso and Palestrina.

Romantic Period

Music; Classical

Era in the history of Western music extending from c1825-c1910, and exemplified by the compositions of Berlioz, Chopin, Robert Schumann, Liszt, Wagner, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, and Mahler.