Opus: alternatives and connections

The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.

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A trifle; a thing of no importance.

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A law or rule.

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A light and pleasing composition.

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A composition for two performers, whether vocal or instrumental.

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A composition for two performers; a duet.

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A composition in the fine arts which is intended, or may serve, for a study.

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A continuous composition, not divided into what are called movements, or governed by the ordinary rules of musical design, but in which the author's…

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A short poem; properly, a short pastoral poem; as, the idyls of Theocritus; also, any poem, especially a narrative or descriptive poem, written in an…

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An interlude; an intermede. See Intermede.

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A going in.

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Somewhat slow or slowly, but not so slowly as largo, and rather more so than andante.

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A mixture; a mingled and confused mass of ingredients, usually inharmonious; a jumble; a hodgepodge; -- often used contemptuously.

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A bit; a morsel.

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A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem.

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The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

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A night piece, or serenade. The name is now used for a certain graceful and expressive form of instrumental composition, as the nocturne for orchestr…

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Same as Nocturne.

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A composition for eight parts, usually for eight solo instruments or voices.

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The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man o…

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Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life.

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A composition in a soft, rural style, generally in 6-8 or 12-8 time.

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A medley or mixture.

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Alt. of Quartette

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A composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.

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Alt. of Quintette

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A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music.

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The act of realizing, or the state of being realized.

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Alt. of Septette

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A set of seven persons or objects; as, a septet of singers.

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Music sung or performed in the open air at nights; -- usually applied to musical entertainments given in the open air at night, especially by gentlem…

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A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet; -- called also sestuor.

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Alt. of Sextetto

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A tune, air, strain, or a whole piece, played by a single person on an instrument, or sung by a single voice.

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An extended composition for one or two instruments, consisting usually of three or four movements; as, Beethoven's sonatas for the piano, for the vio…

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That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of a human being or of a bird, insect, etc.

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A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage; as, the suite of an ambassador. See Suit, n., 5.

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An old form of piece for the organ or harpsichord, somewhat in the free and brilliant style of the prelude, fantasia, or capriccio.

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Three, considered collectively; three in company or acting together; a set of three; three united.

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Of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice; endowed with utterance; full of voice, or voices.

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The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i. e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous vibrations, as of a…

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A few measures added beyond the natural termination of a composition.

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Close; termination

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The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients.

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A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piec…

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