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Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...
In classical instrumental music, any additional instrument (such as a piano, clarinet, oboe, etc.) joined to the usual string quartet (two violins, a viola, and a cello), gives the resulting ensemble its name, such as "piano quintet", "clarinet quintet", etc. A piece of music written for such a group is similarly named.
In classical music, orchestras, concert bands, and choirs are led by a conductor. In orchestra, the concertmaster (principal first violin player) is the instrumentalist leader of the orchestra. In orchestras, the individual sections also have leaders, typically called the "principal" of the section (e.g., the leader of the viola section is ...
The first is a Baroque orchestra (i.e., J.S. Bach, Handel, Vivaldi), which generally had a smaller number of performers, and in which one or more chord-playing instruments, the basso continuo group (e.g., harpsichord or pipe organ and assorted bass instruments to perform the bassline), played an important role; the second is a typical classical ...
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, No. 3 in A major; Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, No. 4 in G minor; Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, No. 5 in D major; Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, No. 6 in B-flat major; Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, No. 7 in A major; Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, No. 8 in C major; Selim Palmgren
Players of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House (19 P) ... Toronto Symphony Orchestra members (1 C, 28 P) V. Players of the Vienna Philharmonic (1 C, 28 P)
Keyboard instruments: celesta, organ, piano String instruments : harp , violins , violas , cellos , basses , frequently abbreviated to 'str', 'strs' or similar. If any soloists or a choir are called for, their parts are usually printed between the percussion/keyboards and the strings in the score.
This is a list of notable performers who appeared as piano duos in classical music. Most of these pianists performed works for piano four-hands (two pianists at one piano; also known as piano duet) as well as works for two pianos, often with orchestras or chamber ensembles. Some of these teams focussed exclusively or predominantly on this ...