BThe accompaniment to a piece of music is that part or parts which is written to support and enhance the main parts or parts of a musical composition.
B Ec[000000]f[16]BLadagio
BA slow tempo between largo and andante.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBallegro
BA musical term which means "lively and quick."
Ec[000000]f[16]LBalto or contralto
BAn alto or contralto is the range of the lowest female voice.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBandante
BA musical term which means "moderate tempo."
Ec[000000]f[16]LBanthem
BA song of praise, devotion or patriotism.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBarrangement
BThe arrangement of a piece of music is the changing over of the composition for an instrument or any vocal combination to a different medium from which it was originally written.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBart song
BThe art song is a trained composer's setting of a poem for voice and accompanying instrument. Lieder is a German word for song, which was perfected by Franz Schubert to such an extent that the term "Lieder" is synonymous with art song.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBAustro-Hungarian Empire
BEmperor Franz-Joseph had a dual monarchy over Austria and Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and parts of Romania, Yugoslavia, and Italy from 1867-1918.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBbass
BThe lowest range of the male voice.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcafe
BA restaurant often with an outdoor section extending onto a sidewalk.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBchoirmaster
BThe director of a choir is a choirmaster.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBchord
BA blending of three or more notes. Two notes sounding at the same time is called an interval.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBchorus
BA group of persons that sing in unison.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcomposer
BA person who writes music.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBconcert
BA musical performance in which several musicians take part.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBconductor
BA leader or director of an orchestra or chorus.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcount
BA title for a nobleman in some countries, equivalent in rank to an English Earl.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcourt
BThe residence of a sovereign, such as a palace.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcrescendo
BA tempo marking that means "become louder gradually."
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcycle
BA cycle is a name given to a group of works, usually songs, which are based on poems by a particular poet whose poems are connected by a general theme.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBczardas
BA Hungarian dance, usually consisting of a slow, rhapsodic introduction, followed by a rapid, wild dance. More properly, "Csardas" pronounced, "CHAHR-dash."
Ec[000000]f[16]LBdance hall
BAn establishment that provides a place for dancing for a fee.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBDanube
BA river in central and southeast Europe, flowing east from south Germany to the Black Sea
Ec[000000]f[16]LBdivertimento
BAn instrumental form which combines features of a sonata with those of a suite. It consists of from four to ten short movements.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBdocks
BA landing pier or space between two piers for receiving ships while in port.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBemperor
BThe supreme male ruler or leader of an empire.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBfolk song
BA song of antiquity and unknown ownership, passed down orally from generations to become widely known throughout a nation or small community.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBFranz Emperor Josef
BEmperor of Austria, 1848-1916; king of Hungary, 1867-1916.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBgypsy
BA member of a traditionally nomadic people originally from North India, now residing mostly in permanent communities in many countries throughout the world.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBharpsichord
BThe harpsichord was the most common instrument in the sixteenth-eighteenth centuries. It is a keyboard instrument whose strings are plucked by crow quills when struck as they rise to make contact with the strings.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBhonorary degree
BAn honor given without the usual requirements or dispensations.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBhymn
BA hymn is a religious or sacred song of praise.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBimpromptu
BA composition for piano, usually a kind of brief improvisation.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBlament
BScottish and Irish music for the bagpipe.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBlandler
BAn Austrian peasant dance popular around 1800.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBlargo
BA term for "very slow"; slower than adagio.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBlegend
BA romantic title for a composition based on or suggested by a legendary narrative.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBlento
BA musical term which means "slow."
Ec[000000]f[16]LBlibretto
BThe written text of a musical drama such as an opera or stage play.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBliturgy
BThe arrangement or collection of services for public worship, particularly the Eucharistic service.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBlullaby
BA lullaby is a song to lull a child to sleep or to soothe or quiet down activity.
B Ec[000000]f[16]BLmarch
BA march is a piece of music with a rhythm appropriate for marching.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBmeasure
BA group of beats contained within two bar lines.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBmelody
BA succession of simple tones.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBmeter
BIn a composition, it is the basic grouping of beats and accents as found in each measure denoted by the "time signature."
Ec[000000]f[16]LBmezzo-soprano
BThe range of the mezzo-soprano is midway between a soprano and an alto.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBmillerB
Someone who owns, operates, or works in a mill.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBminiaturist
BOne who collects or paints or creates in small forms.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBmolto expressivo
BMusical tempo markings which mean "with much expression."
Ec[000000]f[16]LBMoments Musical
BAlso known as "Musical Moments." These are character pieces by Schubert. They are short lyrical piano works, like his Impromptus.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBmonarch
BA reigning sovereign, as a king, queen, or emperor.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBmovement
BAn independent single piece which forms part of a large composition, such as a sonata or symphony.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBopera house
BA theater devoted chiefly to the opera.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBoperetta
BA little opera, usually light in nature, in which some of the words are spoken instead of sung.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBopus
BTerm used with a number to enumerate a composer's work, usually in the order of their composition.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBorchestra
BA company of musicians performing upon various musical instruments.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBperfectionist
BA personal attitude or standard that demands perfection and rejects anything else.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBpizzicato
BAn indication that the strings of the violin are to be plucked instead of bowed.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBpoetry
BA work of literature in verse or metrical form.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBpolka
BA Bohemian dance in quick duple meter that originated in 1830.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBpolonaise
BA polonaise is a dance in three-quarter time. It is a stately Polish dance which began in the seventeenth century-Polish court.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBportrait
BThe likeness of a person in a painted picture, drawing, or sculpture.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBprodigy
BA prodigy is a child who displays great talent. Mozart was a musical prodigy.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBquartet
BA quartet is a composition written for four voices or instruments.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBquintet
BA quintet is a composition written for five voices or instruments.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBreed
BA reed is a single, flat piece of cane beating against a flat surface (as used in a clarinet); or two small pieces beating against each other (the double reed) of the oboe and bassoon.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBrepertoire
BAll the works that a performing artist or group of artists is prepared to present.
