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  2. Musical composition - Wikipedia

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    The study of composition has traditionally been dominated by examination of methods and practice of Western classical music, but the definition of composition is broad enough to include the creation of popular music and traditional music songs and instrumental pieces, and to include spontaneously improvised works like those of free jazz ...

  3. Common practice period - Wikipedia

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    In European art music, the common practice period was the period of about 250 years during which the tonal system was regarded as the only basis for composition. It began when composers' use of the tonal system had clearly superseded earlier systems, and ended when some composers began using significantly modified versions of the tonal system, and began developing other systems as well.

  4. Outline of classical music - Wikipedia

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    Common practice period – period of about 250 years during which the tonal system was regarded as the only basis for composition. It began when composers' use of the tonal system had clearly superseded earlier systems, and ended when some composers began using significantly modified versions of the tonal system, and began developing other systems as well.

  5. Classical music - Wikipedia

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    The key characteristic of European classical music that distinguishes it from popular music, folk music, and some other classical music traditions such as Indian classical music, is that the repertoire tends to be written down in musical notation, creating a musical part or score. This score typically determines details of rhythm, pitch, and ...

  6. List of classical music genres - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of musical genres within the context of classical music, organized according to the corresponding periods in which they arose or became common.. Various terms can be used to classify a classical music composition, mainly including genre, form, compositional technique and style.

  7. History of sonata form - Wikipedia

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    Sonata form is one of the most influential ideas in the history of Western classical music.Since the establishment of the practice by composers like C.P.E. Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert and the codification of this practice into teaching and theory, the practice of writing works in sonata form has changed considerably.

  8. Catalogues of classical compositions - Wikipedia

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    The music of Liszt. London: Williams & Norgate. pp. 155–195. S Searle's catalogue, published in 1954 as The Music of Liszt, built upon the 1931 catalogue devised by Peter Raabe: Winklhofer, Sharon (2004). Ferenc Liszt (1811–1886): list of works : comprehensively expanded from the catalogue of Humphrey Searle as revised by Sharon Winklhofer ...

  9. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Music - Wikipedia

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    In the Western tradition, the term classical music did not exist before about 1836, when it was used to refer to the music of the Classical era (of roughly 1750–1820). Avoid ambiguity by adding context, or by using a more precise expression (e.g.: music of the Classical era) when referring to this type of music.

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