Definitions

Definitions come from the GROVE Dictionary of Music and Musicians. For full access to the articles use your digital subscription to the National Library of the Netherlands (www.kb.nl).

 

Bestandsnaam
aria
atonality
augmented (french) 6th note example
augmented (german) 6th note example
augmented (italian) 6th note example
augmented sixth chord (French 6th)
augmented sixth chord (German 6th)
augmented sixth chord (Itaiian 6th)
augmented sixth chords
binary form
cadence
cadence-authentic
cadence-imperfect
cadence-interrupted
cadence-perfect
cadence-phrygian
cadence-plagal
cadence types
cantata
chorale
chord
concert
counterpoint
degree
development
dominant-applied
episode
exposition
fantasia
fugato
fugue
function
harmony
homophony
imitation
madrigal
mass
metre
mode
modulation
motet
motif
neapolitan sixth chord
non-harmonic note
opera
oratorio
overture
pedal point
pivot
polyphony
prelude
programme music
real answer
recapitulation
recitative
rondo
sequence
sonata-rondo
sonata form
suite
symphony
tactus
ternary form
theme
tonal answer
tonality
tuning