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French overture

Music; Classical

A baroque type of overture to an opera, oratorio, or suite.

Style period in music which mirrored some of the art movement of the same name during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In music, it is principally associated with Debussy, whose music exhibits ...

K. numbers

Music; Classical

The numbers assigned to works by Mozart in the Koechel Catalogue; used instead of opus numbers to catalogue Mozart's works.

Mannheim School

Music; Classical

Designation for a group of 18th century German composers and musicians whose symphonic writing and orchestration laid a foundation for later composers such as Joseph Haydn and Mozart.

Missa

Music; Classical

See mass.

vallenato

Music; Classical

Vallenato actually refers more to an orchestration than a specific rhythm. A traditional vallenato group consists of an accordion, a scraper called a guacharaca, and a hand drum called a caja ...