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Art music

-- See Music

--subdivision Music under ethnic groups for music of the group; and subdivision Songs and music under names of persons, corporate bodies, places, classes of persons, ethnic groups, wars, and topical headings for collections or single works of vocal or instrumental music about the topic or entity

-- See Also the narrower term A'ak

-- See Also the narrower term Aleatory music

Musical compositions created by chance methods or that may be performed in random or indeterminate style.

-- See Also the narrower term Anthems

Choral settings of religious or moral texts that are performed in liturgical or ceremonial settings.

-- See Also the narrower term Bagatelles (Music)

Short, light pieces of instrumental music that are generally created and published in sets.

-- See Also the narrower term Ballades (Instrumental music)

-- See Also the narrower term Barcaroles

-- See Also the narrower term Berceuses

-- See Also the narrower term Cadenzas

-- See Also the narrower term Canons (Music)

Musical works with a melody that is imitated at a particular interval of time, generally note-for-note. For works based on canonic imitation that generally begin with a subject that recurs frequently throughout see Fugues.

-- See Also the narrower term Cantatas

Vocal music that usually contains solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses with instrumental accompaniment. For sacred cantatas assign the additional term Sacred music.

-- See Also the narrower term Canzonas (Instrumental music)

Instrumental music of the 16th to 17th centuries that was modeled on the style and structure of the chanson.

-- See Also the narrower term Capriccios (Music)

-- See Also the narrower term Carnatic music

-- See Also the narrower term Chamber music

-- See Also the narrower term Chorale preludes

-- See Also the narrower term Concert etudes

Instrumental pieces designed for performance in order to exploit a facet of performing technique. For musical works and exercises designed for practice with the aim of perfecting a facet of performing technique see Studies (Music).

-- See Also the narrower term Concertos

-- See Also the narrower term Fanfares

-- See Also the narrower term Fantasias (Music)

-- See Also the narrower term Finales (Music)

-- See Also the narrower term Fugues

Musical works based on canonic imitation that generally begin with a subject that recurs frequently throughout. For works with a melody that is imitated at a particular interval of time, generally note-for-note see Canons (Music).

-- See Also the narrower term Gagaku

-- See Also the narrower term Hát ̉a đào

-- See Also the narrower term Hindustani music

-- See Also the narrower term Honkyoku

-- See Also the narrower term Impromptus (Music)

-- See Also the narrower term Interludes (Music)

Music performed between parts of other works. For short, instrumental musical works that are performed independently of other works, see Intermezzos (Instrumental music).

-- See Also the narrower term Intermezzos (Instrumental music)

Short, instrumental musical works that are performed independently of other works. For music performed between parts of other works, see Interludes (Music).

-- See Also the narrower term Microtonal music

Compositions in the Western musical tradition that employ intervals smaller than a semitone in the chromatic scale.

-- See Also the narrower term Minimal music

-- See Also the narrower term Monologues (Music)

Musical compositions in which spoken language is an integral part.

-- See Also the narrower term Musique concrète

Electronic musical compositions in which the sounds produced were originally recorded from natural sounds and subsequently rearranged or altered.

-- See Also the narrower term Nō music

-- See Also the narrower term Nocturnes (Music)

-- See Also the narrower term Oratorios

-- See Also the narrower term Organ masses

Collections of versets for the organ that replace parts of the Ordinary and Proper of the Mass and are played in alternation with the sung portions. For musical settings of the Mass in its entirety or for the Mass ordinary see Masses.

-- See Also the narrower term Overtures

Musical compositions that are intended to introduce a dramatic vocal work or spoken drama, and also for independent works with the word "overture" in the composer's title.

-- See Also the narrower term Partimenti

-- See Also the narrower term Pasticcios (Music)

-- See Also the narrower term Pastoral music

Music that portrays rural life or a rural atmosphere.

-- See Also the narrower term Preludes (Music)

Musical compositions that introduce another or larger instrumental work (e.g., a fugue, a suite), or that are relatively short stand-alone pieces that explore particular moods, musical figures, or technical problems. For musical compositions that are intended to introduce a dramatic vocal work or spoken drama, and independent works with the word "overture" in the composer's title, see Overtures.

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