4 Terms
Contributors in Classical
Classical
Recitative
Music; Classical
A half-singing, half-reciting style of presenting words in opera, cantata, oratorio, etc., which follows speech accents and speech rhythms closely.
Recapitulation
Music; Classical
The third section of a sonata form movement which restates the themes in their original order.
Air (ayre)
Music; Classical
English style of song popular in the late 16th and early 17th centuries; usually accompanied by a lute. 'Ayre' is the spelling used in sources of the period.
Neoclassical
Music; Classical
A 20th century style of composition exhibiting a return to the use of structural forms and stylistic features employed in earlier times.
New England School
Music; Classical
Late 19th century group of Germanic tradition-trained New England composers who aimed to create a music which was distinctly American but within the contemporary German esthetic.
