música clásica

Definitions of música clásica
  1. noun
    traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste
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    música de cámara
    serious music performed by a small group of musicians
    ópera
    a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
    cantata, oratorio
    a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
    concierto
    a composition for orchestra and a soloist
    fuga
    a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement
    rondó
    a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata
    sonata
    a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms
    ópera bufa, ópera cómica
    opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken
    drama musical
    opera in which the musical and dramatic elements are equally important; the music is appropriate to the action
    sonata para piano
    a sonata for piano
    sinfonía
    a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra
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