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Stack #4692875
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abstract music | Music that exists for its own sake |
| Program music | Music that tells a story |
| Concert overture | A single movement orchestra piece |
| Program Symphony | a multi movement orchestra work where each movement follows a narrative or program |
| Symphonic poem | a single movement orchestra piece that evokes a story, landscape, or idea |
| Etude | A short composition designed to develop a specific technical skill |
| Caprice | A Freeform music composition characterized by spontaneity and defiance of rules |
| Arpeggio | A broke chord where notes of a chord are played sequentially instead of simultaneously |
| Rubato | A tempo flexibility where the performer slightly speeds up or slows down the tempo for expressive purposes |
| Impromptu | A short, freeform musical composition that sounds, and sometimes is spontaneous and improvised |
| Ballade | A narrative musical form that is often dramatic or poetic |
| Nocturne | A musical composition that feels like night, often has dreamy lyrical melodies and a soft, flowing tempo |
| Song cycle | A group of art songs designed to be preformed together as a single artistic entity |
| Grand Opera | A large scale operatic tradition that has elaborate singing, grand themes, and a massive orchestra |
| Opera comique | A French operatic genre that blends comic or light hearted plots with spoken dialogue |
| Leitmotif | A reoccurring musical theme associated with a specific thing |
| Operatta | A light, humorous, and often satirical opera genre, that combines music, speech, and dance |
| Patter song | A fast talking, humorous song in an opera |
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