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  2. Wikipedia:Naming conventions (music) - Wikipedia

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    Like with albums above, unless more than one article [a] about songs of the same name exist, there is no need to disambiguate any further. Use the disambiguation "(song)" for articles about songs and acapellas. Use "(instrumental)" or "(composition)" for instrumentals and non-lyrical musical compositions (excepting classical music).

  3. Catalogues of classical compositions - Wikipedia

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    While the opus numbering system has long been the standard manner in which individual compositions are identified and referenced, it is far from universal, and there have been many different applications of the system. Very few composers gave opus numbers to all of their published works without exception:

  4. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    Meaning respectively "measured song" or "figured song". Originally used by medieval music theorists, it refers to polyphonic song with exactly measured notes and is used in contrast to cantus planus. [3] [4] capo 1. capo (short for capotasto: "nut") : A key-changing device for stringed instruments (e.g. guitars and banjos)

  5. Catalogues of Beethoven compositions - Wikipedia

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    Most of Beethoven's best known works were published with opus numbers, with which they may be reliably identified.Another 228 works are designated WoO (Werke ohne Opuszahl – literally, "works without opus number"), among them unpublished early and occasional works (Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II, WoO 87), published variations and folksong arrangements (25 Irish Songs, WoO 152 ...

  6. Der Schwanendreher - Wikipedia

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    However, in the context of the concerto itself (and evidenced in the text of the folk song), the meaning programmatically seems to refer to a wandering medieval minstrel, or organ grinder, who plays on an instrument such as the hurdy-gurdy (and providing embellishments and rhapsodies on the folk tunes), which has a handle shaped as a swan's ...

  7. Lists of songs - Wikipedia

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    These are lists of songs.In music, a song is a musical composition for a voice or voices, performed by singing or alongside musical instruments. A choral or vocal song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs.

  8. List of compositions by George Frideric Handel - Wikipedia

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    Of the two sonatas published by Chrysander as Opus 1 Sonata I, this one (Sonata I b) is the one in Walsh's original edition (where it is called Sonata I). 360: Recorder G minor c. 1712 1732 Opus 1 No. 2 361: Violin A major c. 1725–26 1732 Opus 1 No. 3 The only violin sonata to have been published exactly as written by Handel. 362: Recorder A ...

  9. List of songs by Franz Schubert - Wikipedia

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    Series IV: Songs for solo voice (Lieder) Note however that some of Schubert's song cycles contain both Lieder and part songs. The list below includes the following information: D – the catalogue number assigned by Otto Erich Deutsch or NSE authorities; Genre – the musical genre to which the piece belongs; Title – the title of the work