Premier

Pick-up

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a single or group of notes that come before the first strong metrical beat, usually the first beat of the measure; device whi…

Antecedent

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the subject of a fugue or canon; the first phrase of a musical period; the first of a pair of musical statements, termed ante…

Cancrizans

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Latin

a tune repeated so that the original order of notes is reversed the last note become the first, the penultimate note becomes…

First ending

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where a section is repeated, the composer may wish to vary the sectional ending, whether first ending or second ending, as a…

Incipit

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the first line, or first few works, of a work, often used to identify it

Zuerst

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German

first, at first

Première

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first

Prima

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Italian

first