nineteenth-century music that is lyrical, harmonically chromatic, emotionally charged and nationalistic
Romantic music
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Rhapsody
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similar to fantasia applied to pieces from the nineteenth century inspired by extroverted romantic notions
Hornpipe
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a lively dance resembling a jig in triple time in the early sixteenth century, and in 4/4 time from the mid eighteenth centur…
Romance
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a short instrumental piece with the lyrical character of a vocal romance
Romancero
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Spanish
a collection of romantic songs
Romantic era
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an era of music following the Classical era and ending around 1900
Ridotto
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Italian
a reduction, an arrangement, an 18th century entertainment in which audience and musicians would take part
Rant
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old English dance of the seventeenth century in duple meter and binary form
Accompaniment
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support provided by harmonically or melodically to the main theme in a piece of music, which although designed to be subordin…