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• morceau go
  a short literary or musical composition
  
• sheet music go
  a musical composition in printed or written form
  
• arrangement, musical arrangement go
  a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments
  
• realization, realisation go
  a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer
  
• intermezzo go
  a short piece of instrumental music composed for performance between acts of a drama or opera
  
• allegro go
  a musical composition or musical passage to be performed quickly in a brisk lively manner
  
• allegretto go
  a musical composition or musical passage to be performed at a somewhat quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro
  
• andante go
  a musical composition or musical passage to be performed moderately slow
  
• introit go
  a composition of vocal music that is appropriate for opening church services
  
• solo go
  a musical composition for one voice or instrument (with or without accompaniment)
  
• duet, duette, duo go
  a musical composition for two performers
  
• trio go
  a musical composition for three performers
  
• quartet, quartette go
  a musical composition for four performers
  
• quintet, quintette go
  a musical composition for five performers
  
• sestet, sextet, sextette go
  a musical composition written for six performers
  
• septet, septette go
  a musical composition written for seven performers
  
• octet, octette go
  a musical composition written for eight performers
  
• bagatelle go
  a light piece of music for piano
  
• divertimento, serenade go
  a musical composition in several movements
  
• canon go
  a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts
  
• etude go
  a short composition for a solo instrument
  
• pastoral, idyll, idyl, pastorale go
  a musical composition that evokes rural life
  
• toccata go
  a baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style
  
• fantasia go
  a musical composition of a free form usually incorporating several familiar themes
  
• passage, musical passage go
  a short section of a musical composition
  
• movement go
  a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata
  
• largo go
  (music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner
  
• larghetto go
  (music) a composition or passage played in a slow tempo slightly faster than largo but slower than adagio
  
• suite go
  a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected
  
• symphonic poem, tone poem go
  an orchestral composition based on literature or folk tales
  
• pastiche, potpourri, medley go
  a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources
  
• nocturne, notturno go
  a pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano)
  
• adagio go
  (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully)
  
• song, vocal go
  a short musical composition with words
  
• study go
  a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique
  
• capriccio go
  an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation
  
• motet go
  an unaccompanied choral composition with sacred lyrics
  
• program music, programme music go
  musical compositions intended to evoke images or remind the listener of events
  
• incidental music go
  music composed to accompany the action of a drama or to fill intervals between scenes