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- 7. a standard form of musical composition consisting of a simple usually harmonized melody presented first in its original unadorned form then repeated several or many times with varied treatment so based on the theme that at least some semblance of its general melodic or harmonic form is evident
- 9. in music, a system of partially improvised accompaniment played on a bass line, usually on a keyboard instrument
- 12. how different layers of a piece of music are combined to produce the overall sound
- 13. the specific tone or quality that a certain instrument or voice has
- 14. musical texture based primarily on chords which results from combinations of relatively independent melodies
- 15. holy and religious
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- 1. in music, rearrangement of the top-to-bottom elements in an interval, a chord, a melody, or a group of contrapuntal lines of music
- 2. in music, the simultaneous combination of two or more tones or melodic lines
- 3. in music, short melodic phrase repeated throughout a composition, sometimes slightly varied or transposed to a different pitch
- 4. the first section of a musical structure that is most strongly associated with the first movement of various Western instrumental genres
- 5. a large-scale musical composition on a sacred or semi-sacred subject, for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra
- 6. suite in music, a group of self-contained instrumental movements of varying character, usually in the same key
- 8. musical setting of the Mass for the Dead (missa pro defunctis), named for the beginning of the Latin of the Introit “Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine” (“Give them eternal rest, O Lord”)
- 10. (music that is) not religious in nature
- 11. a staged drama set to music in its entirety, made up of vocal pieces with instrumental accompaniment and usually with orchestral overtures and interludes