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  2. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    The Italian word for "echo"; an effect in which a group of notes is repeated, usually more softly, and perhaps at a different octave, to create an echo effect égal (Fr.) Equal eilend (Ger.) Hurrying ein wenig (Ger.) A little einfach (Ger.) Simple emporté (Fr.) Fiery, impetuous en animant (Fr.) Becoming very lively en cédant (Fr.) Yielding en ...

  3. List of Italian musical terms used in English - Wikipedia

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    A work containing the words to an opera, musical, or ballet Melodramma: melodrama: A style of opera Opera: work: A drama set to music for singers and instrumentalists Opera buffa: humorous opera: A comic opera Opera semiseria: semi-serious opera: A variety of opera Opera seria: serious opera: An opera with a serious, esp. classical theme ...

  4. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...

  5. 30 Fancy Words That Will Make You Sound Smarter - AOL

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    The post 30 Fancy Words That Will Make You Sound Smarter appeared first on Reader's Digest. With these fancy words, you can take your vocabulary to a whole new level and impress everyone.

  6. Words and Music (play) - Wikipedia

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    His shuffling feet, choice of themes, self-torturing reminiscence and intense reactions to much of what Words and Music produce/perform all seem to indicate that he is a decrepit version of Orsino with his famous opening line from Twelfth Night: "If music be the food of love, play on," [8] a hopeless romantic, in love with love, and the ...

  7. Courtly love - Wikipedia

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    Courtly love (Occitan: fin'amor; French: amour courtois [amuʁ kuʁtwa]) was a medieval European literary conception of love that emphasized nobility and chivalry. Medieval literature is filled with examples of knights setting out on adventures and performing various deeds or services for ladies because of their "courtly love".

  8. List of hi-NRG artists and songs - Wikipedia

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    Fancy "Long Way to Paradise" [121] Koch International: 1994: Fancy "Wait by the Radio" [121] Koch International 1994: Nicki French "Total Eclipse of the Heart" [122] [123] Bags of Fun / Mega: 1995: Nicki French "Did You Ever Really Love Me" [124] Love This 1995: Nicki French "For All We Know" [122] Bags of Fun 1995: Karel "Live to Tell" [125 ...

  9. Honorific nicknames in popular music - Wikipedia

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    [5] [6] In the 1930s and 1940s, as jazz and swing music were gaining popularity, it was the more commercially successful white artists Paul Whiteman and Benny Goodman who became known as "the King of Jazz" and "the King of Swing" respectively, despite there being more highly regarded contemporary African-American artists.