Requiem

Manuscript

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a document bearing the notation of a composition, normally with the composer's handwritten notation of a composition

Melic composition

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a musical composition relating to song

Thematic catalogue

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the classification of music under headings which include the opening notes of the composition and/or the notes of the main th…

Reprise

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French

repeat, recapitulation, revival; a shortened version of a major composition in a stage production used to reward the audience…

Recessional

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composition to be performed at the end of a church service as the clergy leaves the church

Reduction

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simplified arrangement of a composition

Quintus

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Latin

the fifth voice in a sixteenth century composition having five or more vocal parts, sometimes a 'descant' or 'countermelody'…

Quodlibet

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a fanciful combination of airs, a fantasia, a medley, a collection of different tunes or fragments of composition brought tog…