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Music
Music genres and forms
Western classical music
Basic forms
Basic forms
Aria
Musical piece for a single voice as part of a larger work
Art music
Serious music, as opposed to popular or folk music
Canon (music)
Musical composition technique
Cantata
Vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment
Chamber music
Form of classical music composed for a small group of instruments
Classical music
Broad tradition of Western art music
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Étude
Instrumental musical composition, usually short, designed to provide practice material for perfecting a particular musical skill
Fantasia (musical form)
Musical interpretation rooted in improvisation
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Fugue
Contrapuntal musical form based on a subject that recurs in imitation
Light music
British musical style of "light" orchestral music
Madrigal
Secular vocal music composition of the Renaissance and early Baroque eras
Mass (music)
Form of sacred musical composition
Nocturne
Musical composition inspired by the night
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Oratorio
Large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and soloists
Overture
Instrumental introduction to an opera, ballet, or oratorio
Prelude (music)
Musical work and musical form
Requiem
Mass celebrated for the repose of deceased people's souls
Rhapsody (music)
Musical form
Serenade
Musical performance delivered in honor of someone or something
Sonata
Type of instrumental composition
Suite (music)
Ordered set of classic musical pieces in a concert
Symphonic poem
Piece of orchestral music in a single continuous section
Symphony
Type of extended musical composition