a self-contained section from a symphony, suite, sonata, concerto……….
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a three section form in which the first section A is repeated, often with some changes, after a middle section B, thus the fo…
Minuet and trio
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minuet trio minuet form in a moderate triple meter that is often the third movement of the Classical sonata cycle
Allemand
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French
a dance of German origin with 4 moderate beats to the bar, although sometimes written as two longer beats in a bar, often the…
Allemande
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a dance of German origin with 4 moderate beats to the bar, although sometimes written as two longer beats in a bar, often the…
Almain
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a dance of German origin with 4 moderate beats to the bar, although sometimes written as two longer beats in a bar, often the…
Almand
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a dance of German origin with 4 moderate beats to the bar, although sometimes written as two longer beats in a bar, often the…
Almayne
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a dance of German origin with 4 moderate beats to the bar, although sometimes written as two longer beats in a bar, often the…
Attacca
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Italian
at once, attack, immediately; used at the end of a section, the term means go on immediately to the next section without a pa…