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SELECTED MUSICAL DEFINITIONS
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music, 4th edition
by Michael Kennedy and Joyce Bourne
Copyright © 1996 Oxford University Press
By permission of Oxford University Press
Adagio
Allegro
Andante
Aria
Baroque
Basso continuo
Cadence
Cadenza
Canon
Cantabile
Cantata
Chamber music
Choral
Chord
Classical
Coda
Concerto
Concerto grosso
Counterpoint
Form
Fugue
Harmony
Musical instruments
Interval
Key
Legato
Melody
Minuet
Modes
Nocturne
Notation and Nomenclature
Note values
Opera
Oratorio
Orchestra
Polyphony
Recitative
Rhapsody
Rhythm
Romantic(ism)
Rondo
Scale
Scherzo
Sonata
Sonata form
Song
Symphony
Syncopation
Time signature
Variation
J.S.Bach
Beethoven
Brahms
Chopin
Debussy
Handel
Haydn
Liszt
Mendelssohn
Mozart
Schubert
Schumann
Tchaikovsky
Vivaldi
*All*
All composers
Live recordings - by composer
Live recordings - by instrument / performer
All: 1600 or later
Early: before 1600
MIDI only - by composer
Contributors' music
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