20 Terms
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General music
Latin rock
Music; General music
Subgenre of rock featuring Latin and African percussion instruments (maracas, conga drums, timbales).
Leitmotif
Music; General music
Leading motive, or basic recurring theme, representing a person, object or idea, commonly used in Wagner's operas.
Lied
Music; General music
German for "song"; most commonly associated with the solo art song of the nineteenth century, usually accompanied by piano.
cantus firmus
Music; General music
Fixed melody, usually of very long notes, often based on a fragment of Gregorian chant that served as the structural basis for a polyphonic composition, particularly in the Renaissance.
