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German word for song; usually referring to a solo art song with piano accompaniment.
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Lied or Lieder
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A form of number 1. In which the same music is used for each verse of the poem used for the song text.
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Strophic
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Another form of number 1. In which the music follows the story line, without repetition of whole sections of music
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Through-composed
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A group of number 1. Which are unified by a narrative or descriptive thread.
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Song cycle
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The concept of "borrowed time", in which the performer(s) employ flexible rhythm; characteristic of Chopin's music.
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Tempo rubato
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Instrumental music with some literary or pictorial associations.
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Program music
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Instrumental music with no literary or pictorial associations
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Absolute music
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Music intended to be played before and during a play.
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Incidental music
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A recurring theme, representing a person or idea, which is modified throughout a piece of program music to show the progression of the narrative.
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Idee fixe
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A piece of program music for orchestra, in one movement, which suggests a story or scene, or creates a mood.
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Program symphony, tone poem, symphonic poem.
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Type of opera typified by beautiful singing lines and florid melodies
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bel canto
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Type of opera emphasizing realism and naturalness
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verismo
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What Richard Wagner called his operas
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Music drama
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German for "total artwork"
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Gesamtkunztwerk
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German word for short musical themes representing a person, place, object, or emotion; traces the course of the drama with continual transformation.
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Leitmotif
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Music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries; characterized by the use of exotic scales, unresolved dissonances, rich orchestral color and free rhythm
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Impressionism
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A mid 19th century movement which championed music and traditional stories and events in countries throughout Europe
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Nationalism
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Chopin dates
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1810-1849
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Tchaikovsky dates
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1840-1893
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Style of composition extending into the 20th century, using traditions and materials from the 19th century
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post-romantic
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