a part for one player with or without accompanying instruments
Solo part
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Solo
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a part for one player with or without accompanying instruments
Soloist
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the player who performs the solo part
String quartet
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a quartet formed of one first violinist, one second violinist, one violist and one cellist
Syllabic
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a musical setting is syllabic when one and only one note is related to one syllable in the text
Arrange
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to set a work originally written for one instrument (or set of instruments) for another instrument or set of instruments
Hocket
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a rhythmic device in two part music in which rests in one part alternately match notes in the other
Konzertstück
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informal concert piece, usually in one movement, for solo instruments and orchestra
Staccatissimo
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Italian
an extreme form of staccato, often taken to indicate that one should shorten the note thus marked to one quarter of its writt…