musical composition

Noun
  1. is a type of: music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
    subtypes:
    • morceau - a short literary or musical composition
    • sheet music - a musical composition in printed or written form
    • arrangement, musical arrangement - a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments
    • realisation, realization - a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer
    • intermezzo - a short piece of instrumental music composed for performance between acts of a drama or opera
    • allegro - a musical composition or musical passage to be performed quickly in a brisk lively manner
    • allegretto - a musical composition or musical passage to be performed at a somewhat quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro
    • andante - a musical composition or musical passage to be performed moderately slow
    • introit - a composition of vocal music that is appropriate for opening church services
    • solo - a musical composition for one voice or instrument (with or without accompaniment)
    • duet, duette, duo - a musical composition for two performers
    • trio - a musical composition for three performers
    • quartet, quartette - a musical composition for four performers
    • quintet, quintette - a musical composition for five performers
    • sestet, sextet, sextette - a musical composition written for six performers
    • septet, septette - a musical composition written for seven performers
    • octet, octette - a musical composition written for eight performers
    • bagatelle - a light piece of music for piano
    • divertimento, serenade - a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form
    • canon - a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts
    • etude - a short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity
    • idyl, idyll, pastoral, pastorale - a musical composition that evokes rural life
    • toccata - a baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style
    • fantasia - a musical composition of a free form usually incorporating several familiar themes
    • musical passage, passage - a short section of a musical composition
    • movement - a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata
    • largo - (music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner
    • larghetto - (music) a composition or passage played in a slow tempo slightly faster than largo but slower than adagio
    • suite - a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected
    • symphonic poem, tone poem - an orchestral composition based on literature or folk tales
    • medley, pastiche, potpourri - a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources
    • nocturne, notturno - a pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano)
    • adagio - (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully)
    • song, vocal - a short musical composition with words
    • study - a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique
    • capriccio - an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation
    • motet - an unaccompanied choral composition with sacred lyrics; intended to be sung as part of a church service; originated in the 13th century
    • program music, programme music - musical compositions intended to evoke images or remind the listener of events
    • incidental music - music composed to accompany the action of a drama or to fill intervals between scenes
    has: coda, finale - the closing section of a musical composition
    same as: composition, opus, piece, piece of music

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