a performance hall or theatre where the audience sits
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Claque
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French
members of an audience, hired by a performer, usually to respond rapturously and loudly during the performance including call…
Hemiola
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rhythmic pattern where two notes are played in the time allotted to three or where three notes are played in the time allotte…
Hemiolia
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rhythmic pattern where two notes are played in the time allotted to three or where three notes are played in the time allotte…
Indeterminacy
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where the composer leaves sections or elements in a performance to the discretion of the performer
Authenticity
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a term originally used to describe an approach to the performance and understanding of music that relied on evidence from the…
Concert
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Italian
musical performance in front of an audience
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a work in which the performer decides which order to play the material, where to start and where to stop
Orchestra pit
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an area in front of, and sometimes slightly beneath the stage in an opera house from where the orchestral musicians play