any composition that is a complete in itself
Piece
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Turns
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The note above, the note itself, the note below, then the note itself again. The turn may be inverted as in the preparation o…
Prelude
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a piece that is played before another piece or group of pieces
Character piece
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a musical piece representing a location, mood or personality
Codetta
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Italian
a passage within a composition in sonata form which, while resembling a coda, occurs at the end of the exposition rather than…
Manuscript
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a document bearing the notation of a composition, normally with the composer's handwritten notation of a composition
Melic composition
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a musical composition relating to song
Satz
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German
movement, theme or subject, phrase, composition or piece, texture, style
Tail piece
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a piece of metal or wood at the lower end of a stringed instrument to which the strings are attached