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Ballad opera

Music; General music

English comic opera, usually featuring spoken dialogue alternating with songs set to popular tunes; also called dialogue opera.

Libretto

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Text, or script, of an opera, prepared by a librettist.

Tag

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Jazz term for a coda, or a short concluding section.

Da capo

Music; General music

An indication to return to the beginning of a piece.

Polyphonic

Music; General music

Two or more melodic lines combined into a multivoiced texture, as distinct from monophonic.

Ballade

Music; General music

French poetic form and chanson type of the Middle Ages and Renaissance with courtly love texts. Also a Romantic genre, especially a lyric piano piece.

Lining out

Music; General music

A call and response singing practise prevalent in early America and England; characterised by the alternation between a singer leader and a chorus singing heterophonically.

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