20 Terms
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sonata cycle
Music; General music
General music term describing the multimovement structure found in sonatas, string quartets, symphonies, concertos and large-scale works of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
concertante
Music; General music
Style based on the principle of opposition between two dissimilar masses of sound; concerto-like.
part song
Music; General music
Secular vocal composition, unaccompanied, in three, four or more parts.
woodwind quintet
Music; General music
Standard chamber ensemble consisting of one each of the following: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and French horn (not a woodwind instrument).
accent
Music; General music
The emphasis on a beat resulting in that beat being louder or longer than another in a measure.
sonata da camera
Music; General music
Baroque chamber sonata, usually a suite of stylized dances. Also chamber sonata.
