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A musical work that has been created (synset 107051211)
"the composition is written in four movements"is a type of: music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous mannersubtypes:
- 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
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