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The term Grand ballabile is used if nearly all participants (including principal characters) of a particular scene in a full-length work perform a large-scale dance. bar, or measure unit of music containing a number of beats as indicated by a time signature; also the vertical bar enclosing it barbaro
A way of writing a song in which after a singer sings a line, other singers (e.g. backup singers or band members) respond with a line that completes the thought. Call and response singing was originally part of African-American work songs, and it subsequently became an important part of the blues.
A due [a dˈduːe] in Italian or à deux [a dø] in French is a musical direction meaning "for two". [1] Most often seen in its abbreviated form a2 , the marking signifies that on a staff that normally carries parts for two players, both players are to play the single part in unison . [ 2 ]
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 comic opera Opera semiseria: semi-serious opera: A variety of opera Opera seria: serious opera: An opera with a serious, esp. classical theme ...
A re-recording is a recording produced following a new performance of a work of music. This is most commonly, but not exclusively, by a popular artist or group. It differs from a reissue, which involves a second or subsequent release of a previously-recorded piece of music.
A series of tour cancellations and changes by big-name artists has sparked questions about whether the post-pandemic live music boom could be cooling. Why some major artists are suddenly canceling ...
Dedication of a work to another composer or performer: Pierre Boulez's Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna; Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 3 is dedicated to Richard Wagner; George Enescu's Octet for strings, Op. 7 (1900), is dedicated to André Gedalge; York Höller. Mythos (1979–80) is dedicated to Hans Zender
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...