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Oratorio

Music; Classical

Originally, a setting of an extended religious narrative (and since c1800, nonreligious ones as well) for vocal soloists, chorus and orchestra, intended for concert or church performance without ...

Deceptive cadence

Music; Classical

A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.

Development

Music; Classical

In sonata form, the 2nd section of a sonata form movement which expands and transforms the main themes presented in the exposition.

Twelve-tone music

Music; Classical

Music composed such that each note is used the same number of times.

Orchestration

Music; Classical

The art of arranging a musical composition for play by a large array of instrumental forces.

Dissonance

Music; Classical

Harsh, discordant, and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.

Unison

Music; Classical

Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.

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