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Chorus Crossword Puzzle

Across
Two-part form containing two parts, each repeated, often found in Baroque dance movements or sonata movements.
Moderately slow tempo, between allegro and adagio. Walking speed; medium.
Slightly less fast than allegro, often of lighter texture or character.
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.
Getting gradually faster.
Unit of a musical line.
Baroque concerto contrasting a small group of soloists (concertino) against a small orchestra (ripieno).
Manuscript of a musical work in the composer’s own hand.
Work for one or more solo instruments accompanied by orchestra, often in three movements.
Head of the first violin section of an orchestra and often the person in authority next to the conductor; performs solo violin passages.
Avoidance of centering around a specified note or key area.
Three or more notes played simultaneously.
An ambiguous tempo term that could mean slightly less faster or slower than andante.
Increasing loudness; getting louder.
Down
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.
Choral or solo vocal form developed in the Baroque period based on secular or religious text, generally with several movements and instrumental ensemble accompaniment.
A chord whose pitches are sounded successively rather than simultaneously.
Exact imitation of the melody in one voice by another, continued for more than one phrase. Best known example: a round.
Vertical line through a musical staff dividing it into measures. 2) A measure.
Music that is “free of” any explicit connection with words or specific meaning.
A slow tempo. Generally slower than andante, but not as slow as largo. Literally, at ease.
A fast or moderately fast tempo.
Use of notes not in the basic scale of a composition or passage. Harmonic style frequently using such notes.
Period in Western music from approximately 1600 to around 1750.
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.
A composition for solo voice and accompaniment usually within the context of an opera, oratorio or cantata.
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.
Played by drawing the bow across the strings.
Songlike, singable.
Concluding section of a composition particularly of a fugue or movement of a sonata or symphony.