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Chorus Crossword Puzzle

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Two-part form containing two parts, each repeated, often found in Baroque dance movements or sonata movements.
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Moderately slow tempo, between allegro and adagio. Walking speed; medium.
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Slightly less fast than allegro, often of lighter texture or character.
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Art or “serious” music as opposed to “popular” music. 2) A period in music history generally regarded as approximately 1750-1820. 3) Music using the basic characteristics of a style emphasizing balance, simplicity, and proportion.
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Getting gradually faster.
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Unit of a musical line.
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Baroque concerto contrasting a small group of soloists (concertino) against a small orchestra (ripieno).
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Manuscript of a musical work in the composer’s own hand.
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Work for one or more solo instruments accompanied by orchestra, often in three movements.
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Head of the first violin section of an orchestra and often the person in authority next to the conductor; performs solo violin passages.
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Avoidance of centering around a specified note or key area.
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Three or more notes played simultaneously.
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An ambiguous tempo term that could mean slightly less faster or slower than andante.
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Increasing loudness; getting louder.
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Elaborate passage for the soloist(s) interpolated usually near the end of a movement, often not written out by the composer, but left to the performer to improvise.
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Choral or solo vocal form developed in the Baroque period based on secular or religious text, generally with several movements and instrumental ensemble accompaniment.
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A chord whose pitches are sounded successively rather than simultaneously.
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Exact imitation of the melody in one voice by another, continued for more than one phrase. Best known example: a round.
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Vertical line through a musical staff dividing it into measures. 2) A measure.
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Music that is “free of” any explicit connection with words or specific meaning.
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A slow tempo. Generally slower than andante, but not as slow as largo. Literally, at ease.
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A fast or moderately fast tempo.
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Use of notes not in the basic scale of a composition or passage. Harmonic style frequently using such notes.
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Period in Western music from approximately 1600 to around 1750.
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A melodic or harmonic configuration that creates a sense of repose or resolution. Cadences are principal means by which a central pitch, or tonic, is defined in a passage or work.
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A composition for solo voice and accompaniment usually within the context of an opera, oratorio or cantata.
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An independent bass line continuing throughout a piece on the basis of which harmonies are extemporized on keyboard or chord-playing instruments. In Baroque music, the continuo would usually consist of a harpsichord or organ with a cello reinforcing the bass line.
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Played by drawing the bow across the strings.
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Songlike, singable.
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Concluding section of a composition particularly of a fugue or movement of a sonata or symphony.