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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.

Adagio

Music; Classical

In a slow, graceful tempo (faster than lento but slower than andante), or a piece of music (or movement thereof) thus named.

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.

Quartet

Music; Classical

A piece for four singers or players; often used to mean string quartet.

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.