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Strophic form
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Song structure in which the same melody is repeated with every stanza.
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Through-composed form
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Song structure which proceeds from beginning to end without melodic repetition of whole sections.
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Art song
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Music form of the early nineteenth century that met the composers need for intimate, personal expression.
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Lied
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(plural: Lieder) German for "song"; most commonly associated with the solo art song for the nineteenth century, usually accompanied by piano.
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Song cycle
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Group of songs, usually Lieder, that are unified musically or through their text.
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Bel canto
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"Beautiful singing"; elegant Italian vocal style characterized by florid melodic lines delivered by voices of great agility, smoothness and purity of tone.
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Nocturne
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"Night piece"; introspective work common in the nineteenth century, often for piano.
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Polonaise and Mazurka
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Stately Polish processional dance in triple meter
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Rubato
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"Robbed or borrowed time"; while playing the melodic line, the artist is allowed to retard or accelerate at liberty in attempt to add personal flair
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Program music
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Instrumental pieces titled for literary or pictorial association.
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Symphonic ( tone ) poem
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Program music for the orchestra, in one movement, with contrasting sections to develop a poetic idea, suggest a scene, or create a mood.
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Idee fixe
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" Fixed idea "; term coined by Berlioz for a recurring musical idea that links different movements of a work.
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Musical nationalism
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19th century Romantic composers under growing political nationalism began basing their works on songs, dances, history and heroes of their home country.
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Exoticism
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Musical style in which rhythms, melodies, or instruments invoke the color and atmosphere of far-off lands.
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La Scala
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Milan opera house where Verdi's "Otello" and Puccini's "Madame Butterfly" premiered.
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Bayreuth
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Site of the Festival Theater at Bayreuth, a theater planned specifically for the presentation of Wagner's musical dramas.
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Music drama
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Wagner's term for his operas.
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Leitmotif
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"Leading motive," or basic recurring theme representing a person, object, or idea, commonly used in Wagner's operas.
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Verismo
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Operatic "realism," a style popular in Italy in the 1890s, which tried to bring naturalism into the lyric theater.
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