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  2. Portal:Classical music/Quotes - Wikipedia

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    Portal:Classical music/Quotes/10 Music is at once the product of feeling and knowledge, for it requires from its disciples, composers and performers alike, not only talent and enthusiasm, but also that knowledge and perception which are the result of protracted study and reflection.

  3. Musical quotation - Wikipedia

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    Musical quotation is to be distinguished from variation, where a composer takes a theme (their own or another's) and writes variations on it.In that case, the origin of the theme is usually acknowledged in the title (e.g., Johannes Brahms's Variations on a Theme by Haydn).

  4. Simple Gifts - Wikipedia

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    And when we find ourselves in the place so fine 'Twill be in the cool of the birch and the pine (chorus) 'Tis a gift to be joyful 'Tis a gift to be free 'Tis a gift, 'tis a gift, 'tis a simple gift to be And when you find yourself in the pure delight The gift to be simple has led you alright (chorus) (chorus) In the place just right In the ...

  5. Lyrics - Wikipedia

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    Lyrics in sheet music. This is a homorhythmic (i.e., hymn-style) arrangement of a traditional piece entitled "Adeste Fideles" (the original Latin lyrics to "O Come, All Ye Faithful") in standard two-staff format for mixed voices. Play ⓘ Lyrics are words that make up a song, usually consisting of verses and choruses. The writer of lyrics is a ...

  6. Traditional blues verses - Wikipedia

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    Traditional blues verses in folk-music tradition have also been called floating lyrics or maverick stanzas.Floating lyrics have been described as “lines that have circulated so long in folk communities that tradition-steeped singers call them instantly to mind and rearrange them constantly, and often unconsciously, to suit their personal and community aesthetics”.

  7. List of backmasked messages - Wikipedia

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    Various sections of the song. Reputedly a message to the Parents Music Resource Center. [63] Mr. Bungle "Egg" "Rotting from the inside / over-incubated by the heat of fear and love / the self's coagula[ted]" [64] These are the lyrics from the start of the track, although the backwards version is a different take. Nevermore "Sentient 6"

  8. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    Recitative (lyrics not to be sung but to be recited, imitating the natural inflections of speech) religioso Religious repente Suddenly reprise Repetition of a phrase or verse; return to the original theme restez (Fr.) Stay in position, i.e., do not shift (string instruments) retenu (Fr.) Hold back; same as the Italian ritenuto (see below) Ridicolo

  9. Hook (music) - Wikipedia

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    A hook is a musical idea, often a short riff, passage, or phrase, that is used in popular music to make a song appealing and to "catch the ear of the listener." [1] The term generally applies to popular music, especially rock, R&B, hip hop, dance, and pop. In these genres, the hook is often found in, or consists of, the chorus.