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Ars nova

Music; Classical

Italian for 'new art'; an early 14th century term for the new techniques in composition, rhythm, and notation particularly as seen in the writings and music of Philippe de Vitry.

Romance/romanze

Music; Classical

(1) A song with a simple vocal line and a simple accompaniment; especially popular in late 18th/19th century France and Italy (2) a short instrumental piece with the lyrical character of a vocal ...

Hocket

Music; Classical

A rhythmic device which enlivens rhythm by putting rests in the middle of vocal lines; the alternation of very short melodic phrases, or single notes, between two voices, used in late mediaeval ...

Art song

Music; Classical

A song consciously intended as a work of art; as opposed to a folksong or popular song.

Romantic

Music; Classical

A period in history during the 18th and early 19th centuries where the focus shifted from the neoclassical style to an emotional, expressive, and imaginative style.

Homophony

Music; Classical

Musical texture in which one or more lines dominate and the others remain in the background.

Music which does not exhibit the traditional hierarchy of chord progressions and key signatures. The term was first used to describe music of Schoenberg, Webern and Berg, who consciously wrote this ...