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Sony Music Entertainment is one of the largest recorded music companies in the world, headquartered in NYC with offices worldwide. Labels include Burgundy Victor, Columbia, Epic, J-Records, Legacy, Masterworks, Nashville, Provident, RCA Records, Sony Latin, Zomba/Jive.
Single-movement concert piece for orchestra, typically from the Romantic period and often based on a literary program.
Industry:Music
Theatrical genre in which an actor silently plays all the parts in a show while accompanied by singing; originated in ancient Rome.
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The woodwind family is less homogeneous in construction and sound production than the strings; it includes the piccolo, flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet and bassoon. The saxophone is a more recent woodwind instrument that is frequently heard in jazz.
Industry:Music
Texture with principal melody and accompanying harmony, as distinct from polyphony.
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General term describing the multimovement structure found in sonatas, string quartets, symphonies, concertos and large-scale works of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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Style based on the principle of opposition between two dissimilar masses of sound; concerto-like.
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Standard chamber ensemble consisting of one each of the following: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and French horn (not a woodwind instrument).
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The emphasis on a beat resulting in that beat being louder or longer than another in a measure.
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Baroque chamber sonata, usually a suite of stylized dances. Also chamber sonata.
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