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2. List of Italian musical terms used in English - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

3. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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   The pattern of a music piece's rhythm of strong and weak beats mezza voce Half voice (i.e. with subdued or moderated volume) mezzo Half; used in combinations like mezzo forte (mf), meaning moderately loud mezzo forte (mf) Half loudly (i.e. moderately loudly). See dynamics. mezzo piano (mp) Half softly (i.e. moderately soft). See dynamics. mezzo ...

4. Spem in alium - Wikipedia

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   Spem in alium (Latin for "Hope in any other") is a 40-part Renaissance motet by Thomas Tallis, composed in c. 1570 for eight choirs of five voices each.It is considered by some critics to be the greatest piece of English early music.

5. Song for Athene - Wikipedia

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   "Song for Athene", which has a performance time of about seven minutes, is an elegy consisting of the Hebrew word alleluia ("let us praise the Lord") sung monophonically six times as an introduction to texts excerpted and modified from the funeral service of the Eastern Orthodox Church and from Shakespeare's Hamlet (probably 1599–1601). [4]

6. Gaudeamus igitur - Wikipedia

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   A poem starting with the words Subscribere proposui ("I have suggested signing (it)") has two verses that closely resemble the later Gaudeamus igitur verses, although neither the first verse nor the actual words Gaudeamus igitur appear. The music accompanying this poem bears no relation to the melody which is now associated with it.

7. Missa sopra Ecco sì beato giorno - Wikipedia

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   The full 40 voices sing together for the first time in the "Gloria", at the words Glorificamus te (we glorify Thee), presenting the work's first climax. [13] Textural contrasts abound. The "Credo", typically the longest section of any mass setting, uses 40 voices in many places, but intersperses many passages for smaller units.

8. Leck mich im Arsch - Wikipedia

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   " Leck mich im Arsch" (German for "Lick me in the arse") is a canon in B-flat major composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, K. 231 (K. 382c), with lyrics in German. It was one of a set of at least six canons probably written in Vienna in 1782. [1] Sung by six voices as a three-part round, it is thought to be a party piece for his friends. [2]

9. Sicut cervus (Palestrina) - Wikipedia

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   The motet is written for four voices, soprano, alto, tenor, and bass. It is set in imitative polyphony throughout, with attention to the meaning of the text in subtle word-painting . For the word " desiderat ", expressing longing, the pace is faster, and the melody rises, reaching its peak on the word " fontes " (streams, water, fountains).