a piece that is played before another piece or group of pieces
Prelude
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Postlude
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anything played after another generally larger piece
Trio
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a piece played by three players; a piece of music to be play such a group; a contrasted section between two performances of a…
Intro
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opening bars of a piece of music played before the main theme
Ritmo di tre battute
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music played so quickly that each measure is played as a single beat and each group of three bars is a single hypermeasure
Serenade
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a light and/or intimate piece of no specific form to be played in an open air evening setting, music properly played in the e…
Sestetto
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Italian
a group of six instrumentalists, a piece of music written for such a group to play
Sextet
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English
a group of six instrumentalists, a piece of music written for such a group to play
Sextett
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German
a group of six instrumentalists, a piece of music written for such a group to play