a set of unrelated and usually short instrumental pieces
Suite
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Arrange
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to set a work originally written for one instrument (or set of instruments) for another instrument or set of instruments
Bagatelle
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French, German
trifle, unpretentious; a short, light instrumental piece of music of no specified form, usually for piano
Suite de dances
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French
a set of dances
Sonata
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an extended piece in several movements for a number of instrumental soloists, most commonly one, with instrumental accompanim…
Set
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a collection of pieces played sequentially during a performance
Lesson
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a short keyboard piece or pieces from the seventeenth or eighteenth centuries
Romance
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a short instrumental piece with the lyrical character of a vocal romance
Rondo
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an instrumental form in which the first or main section is repeated between subsidiary sections and to conclude the piece; us…