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art song
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setting of a poem for solo voice(s) and piano, translating the poem's mood imagery into music
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minimalism
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music characterized by a steady pulse, clear tonality, and insistent repetition of short melodic patterns. The dynmaic level, texture, and harmony tend to stay constant for long periods of time, creating a trance-like or hypnotic effect
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swing band
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typically 14-15 musicians groups into 3 sections: saxophones, brass, and and rhythm
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recitative
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vocal line in an opera that imitates the rhythms and pitch fluctuations of speech, often serving as a lead into an aria
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fugue
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instrumental composition in which the main subject (theme) is presented in imitation in several parts. All parts are called voices
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overture
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instrumental introduction to a large work, typically an opera
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sonata
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instrumental composition for one or 2 players that is cast into several movements
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minute
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a compositional form derived from a dance in 3 parts (minuet, trio, minuet)
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organum
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a meloy accompanied by a second party or second melody that moves parallel to it at a specified interval
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texture
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blance between the vertical (harmonic) and horizontal (melodic) relams in a given composition
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