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A chant (from French chanter, [1] from Latin cantare, "to sing") [2] is the iterative speaking or singing of words or sounds, often primarily on one or two main pitches called reciting tones.
A short connecting instrumental movement – an intermezzo Intermezzo: interval: A short connecting instrumental movement Libretto: little book: A work containing the words to an opera, musical, or ballet Melodramma: melodrama: A style of opera Opera: work: A drama set to music for singers and instrumentalists Opera buffa: humorous opera: A ...
A movement is a self-contained part of a musical composition or musical form. While individual or selected movements from a composition are sometimes performed separately as stand-alone pieces, a performance of the complete work requires all the movements to be performed in succession.
A musician who plays any instrument with a keyboard. In Classical music, this may refer to instruments such as the piano, pipe organ, harpsichord, and so on. In a jazz or popular music context, this may refer to instruments such as the piano, electric piano, synthesizer, Hammond organ, and so on. Klangfarbenmelodie (Ger.)
Performer - movements that are part of a music performance or a performance with music: Sound-producing: musician or actor creating musical sound. Sound-accompanying: dance or other types of movements that are linked to music. Perceiver - movements that are an integral part of music listening: Directly connected: dance, air performance
The conductor can do this by adding a smaller movement in the same direction as the movement for the beat that it belongs to. Changes to the tempo are indicated by changing the speed of the beat. To carry out and to control a rallentando (slowing down the pace of the music), a conductor may introduce beat subdivisions. While some conductors use ...
Louis Niedermeyer, under the particular spell of Schubert, was a pivotal figure in this movement, followed by Édouard Lalo, Felicien David and many others. Another offshoot of chanson , called chanson réaliste (realist song), was a popular musical genre in France, primarily from the 1880s until the end of World War II.
Soloquartet and strings. A cantata (/ k æ n ˈ t ɑː t ə /; Italian: [kanˈtaːta]; literally "sung", past participle feminine singular of the Italian verb cantare, "to sing") is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir.