a document bearing the notation of a composition, normally with the composer’s handwritten notation of a composition
Manuscript
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Melic composition
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a musical composition relating to song
Balalaika
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a triangular guitar like instrument with a fretted finger board normally bearing three strings of Russian origin
Composition
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the music that a composer writes
Op.
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Latin
Opus; a number assigned by the composer or publisher to identify the chronology of the composition or publication of a musica…
Opus
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a number assigned by the composer or publisher to identify the chronology of the composition or publication of a musical work
Pipa
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a Chinese lute like instrument dating back to the Qin Dynasty (221 206 BC) bearing four strings, with a pear shaped body made…
Thematic catalogue
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the classification of music under headings which include the opening notes of the composition and/or the notes of the main th…
Mandola
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a large mandolin, bearing six to eight courses of strings, in use during the Renaissance; a large mandolin a fifth below a st…