opus
Definitions of opus
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the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
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a musical work that has been createdsynonyms: compositie, muziekje, muziekstuk, op., stuk, toonzettingexamples:magnificat(Luke) the canticle of the Virgin Mary (from Luke 1:46 beginning `Magnificat anima mea Dominum')types:arrangement, zettinga piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instrumentsinterludium, intermezzo, tussenspela short piece of instrumental music composed for performance between acts of a drama or operasolo, solo-optredena musical composition for one voice or instrument (with or without accompaniment)kwarteta musical composition for four performerskwinteta musical composition for five performerssexteta musical composition written for six performerssepteta musical composition written for seven performersocteta musical composition written for eight performerstoccataa baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free stylefantasiea musical composition of a free form usually incorporating several familiar themespassagea short section of a musical compositionsuitea musical composition of several movements only loosely connectedmedley, pastiche, potpourri, wisselslaga musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sourcesnocturnea pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano)cantus, gez., gezang, kerkgezang, kerkzang, lied, liedje, popsong, song, zanga short musical composition with wordsplaatlooda sheet containing the words and melody for a song (and some indication of harmony) written in simple formintermezzoa short movement coming between the major sections of a symphonyintroa brief introductory passage to a piece of popular musicfrasea short musical passagescherzoa fast movement (usually in triple time)ariaan elaborate song for solo voicedraairichtinga narrative song with a recurrent refrainliedjea short simple song (or the words of a poem intended to be sung)dodenmis, grafzang, lijkdicht, lijkmis, lijkzang, nenia, requiem, requiemmis, rouwmis, uitvaartmisa song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead persondrinklieda song celebrating the joys of drinking; sung at drinking partiesvolkslieda song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their cultureberceuse, slaapdeuntje, slaapliedje, wiegelied, wiegeliedjea quiet song intended to lull a child to sleepsamenzanga song with two or more voice partsrecitatiefa vocal passage of narrative text that a singer delivers with natural rhythms of speechmodulatiea musical passage moving from one key to anothertype of:muziekan artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
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