Music

with increasing speed

of or pertaining to Aeolus, the Greek god of the winds

the lowest female singing voice

a large drum with two heads

a large drum with two heads

an instrument that has the lowest pitch or range

the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music

a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece

gradually decreasing in tempo and volume

smooth and flowing

a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice

serious music performed by a small group of musicians

a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument

a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune

a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers

a stringed instrument that has a keyboard

a musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it

free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds

give concerts; perform in concerts

a baroque composition for orchestra and a group of solo instruments

a Latin American dance of 3 steps and a kick by people in single file

progressing melodically by intervals of a second

largest and lowest member of the violin family

a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments

a court dance of the 16th century

taking a series of rhythmical steps in time to music

a gradual decrease in loudness

based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of western music

progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second

of or relating to the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris, to their Doric dialect of Greek, or to their culture

the sound made by beating a drum

consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs

a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note

the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly

a double-reed woodwind instrument similar to an oboe but lower in pitch

of or relating to expressionism

a provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time

a pause or hold on a musical note or rest

guitar music composed for dancing the flamenco

the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community

an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse

chiefly a direction or description in music; loud and strong

to be played very loudly

an old formal French dance in quadruple time

a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale

a liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church

a stringed instrument usually having six strings

a musical note having the time value of half a whole note

a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows

of or relating to or based on an impression rather than on facts or reasoning

lacking in harmony

of or pertaining to the ancient Ionians who lived in Attica and related territories, to their Ionic dialect of Greek, or to their culture

diatonic scale providing tonal framework for a musical piece

slowly and broadly

(music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale

a short line that extends the staff for higher or lower notes

connecting the notes

(of tempo) slow

a short amusing opera

the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)

an Anatolian language

a deep-toned wooden bar instrument played with soft-headed mallets

the third note of a diatonic scale

a singer with the second highest singing voice

a standard protocol for communication between electronic musical instruments and computers

relating to or expressing the mood of a verb

not too fast or too slow

consisting of a single melodic line

a small bagpipe formerly popular in France

an artistic form of auditory communication

someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)

artistry in performing music

the scholarly and scientific study of music

a pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano)

a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound

a part of the score that must be performed without change or omission

a part of the score that must be performed without change or omission

a slender double-reed instrument

egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes

eight performers or singers who perform together

a short amusing opera

a musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition

(music) an instrumental suite common in the 18th century

relating to a pentatonic scale

a Thraco-Phrygian language spoken by the ancient inhabitants of Phrygia and now extinct--preserved only in a few inscriptions

a direction in music; to be played very softly

a musical instrument played by pressing black and white keys

wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard

with a light plucking staccato sound

perform music on (a musical instrument)

the act of reproducing recorded sound

of or relating to or characterized by polyphony

new and of general appeal

of or relating to postmodernism

a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note

equipment for making records

a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed

a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows

musical notation indicating silence of a specified duration

a combination of blues and jazz that was developed in the United States by Black musicians; an important precursor of rock 'n' roll

gradually decreasing in tempo

a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s

a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata

a flexible tempo, not strictly on the beat

a medieval musical instrument resembling a trombone

spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany Mexican foods

a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore

six performers or singers who perform together

produce tones with the voice

a musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a whole note

a musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note

bypass

the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded

naming the notes of a musical scale as do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, and ti

a short musical composition with words

the lowest brass wind instrument

a concave percussion instrument made from the metal top of an oil drum; has an array of flattened areas that produce different tones when struck (of Caribbean origin)

a musical interval of two semitones

(music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale

the sixth note of a major or minor scale

(music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale

(music) the second note of a diatonic scale

a jaunty rhythm in music

(music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments

having three units or components or elements

a musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note

rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration

a musical notation indicating the number of beats to a measure and kind of note that takes a beat

any of various drums with small heads

the lowest brass wind instrument

a type of serial music introduced by Arnold Schoenberg

slight, rapid variations in pitch above or below a musical note

lively, in music

a musical note having the longest time value

a musical interval of two semitones

engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut into it; used to make prints

any wind instrument other than the brass instruments

a musical instrument with strings over a flat sounding board

a fast movement (usually in triple time)

a flexible tempo, not strictly on the beat

(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale

a short and simple sonata

a musical form having 3 sections -- exposition and development and recapitulation; characteristic of 1st movement of a sonata or symphony

a tremulous effect produced by repetition of a single tone

having or denoting a high range

a clef that puts the G above middle C on the second line of a staff

a clef that puts the F below middle C on the fourth line of a staff

a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence

calibrating something to a standard frequency

two performers or singers who perform together

a musician who plays the alto saxophone

a musician who plays the tenor saxophone

any of a family of brass wind instruments that resemble a bugle with valves

any of various drums with small heads

the adult male singing voice above baritone

the lowest adult male singing voice

a large clarinet whose range is an octave below the B-flat clarinet

a tenor clarinet

a clef that puts middle C on the bottom line of the staff

not affiliated with a major recording company

a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)

German baroque organist and contrapuntist

German composer of instrumental music

prolific Austrian composer and child prodigy

a prolific British baroque composer (born in Germany) remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759)

Italian baroque composer and violinist (1675-1741)

prolific Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809)

Austrian composer known for his compositions for voice and piano (1797-1828)

German musician and romantic composer of orchestral and choral works (1809-1847)

German composer who developed the romantic style of both lyrical and classical music (1833-1897)

German composer of operas and inventor of the musical drama in which drama and spectacle and music are fused (1813-1883)

important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893)

composer who was born in Russia but lived in the United States after 1939 (1882-1971)

German romantic composer known for piano music and songs

French composer and pianist of the romantic school

French composer who is said to have created Impressionism in music (1862-1918)

Hungarian composer and piano virtuoso (1811-1886)

Czech composer who combined folk elements with traditional forms (1841-1904)

Italian operatic composer (1813-1901)

Austrian composer and conductor (1860-1911)

French composer of romantic works (1803-1869)

German composer of many operas

Russian composer of ballets and symphonies and operas

Russian composer best known for his fifteen symphonies

Hungarian composer and pianist who collected Hungarian folk music; in 1940 he moved to the United States (1881-1945)

Austrian organist and composer of romantic music (1824-1896)

Italian composer (1526-1594)

Italian composer (1567-1643)

Finnish composer (1865-1957)

French composer and exponent of Impressionism (1875-1937)

English composer influenced by folk tunes and music of the Tudor period (1872-1958)

Russian composer of operas and orchestral works (1839-1881)

Italian operatic composer noted for the dramatic realism of his operas (1858-1924)

English organist at Westminster Abbey and composer of many theatrical pieces (1659-1695)

composer and piano virtuoso born in Russia (1873-1943)

Russian composer of operas and orchestral works

United States composer and musical theorist (born in Austria) who developed atonal composition (1874-1951)

German composer of more than 100 operas (1714-1787)

German neoclassical composer and conductor who believed that music should have a social purpose (1895-1963)

United States composer who developed a distinctly American music (1900-1990)

French composer of music for organ and a member of a family of distinguished organists (1668-1733)

English organist and composer of church music

French composer noted for his experimentalism and rejection of Romanticism (1866-1925)

major English composer of the 20th century

French composer and teacher who influenced a generation of composers (1822-1890)

French composer (born in Italy) who was the court composer to Louis XIV and founded the national French opera (1632-1687)

French composer of operas whose writings laid the foundation for the modern theory of harmony (1683-1764)

German conductor and composer of romantic operas (1786-1826)

British composer of choral and orchestral works including two symphonies as well as songs and chamber music and music for brass band (1857-1934)

Norwegian composer whose work was often inspired by Norwegian folk music (1843-1907)

Czech composer (1824-1884)

Russian composer of orchestral and piano music (1872-1915)

United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992)

German baroque composer (1681-1767)

United States composer who incorporated jazz into classical forms and composed scores for musical comedies (1898-1937)

French composer best known for his operas (1838-1875)

Danish composer (1865-1931)

English composer (1902-1983)

Italian composer of operas (1801-1835)

Russian composer (1833-1887)

French pianist and composer (1899-1963)

Austrian composer in Schoenberg's twelve-tone music system

United States composer (1910-1981)

United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader

United States jazz musician; noted for his trumpet style

United States jazz saxophonist (1904-1969)

United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986)

United States saxophonist and leader of the bop style of jazz (1920-1955)

United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop

United States pioneering jazz trumpeter and bandleader

United States composer who was the first creator of ragtime to write down his compositions (1868-1917)

a United States bandmaster and composer of military marches

a Polish national dance in triple time

United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958)

United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941)

United States songwriter noted for his protest songs

a rock group from Liverpool who between 1962 and 1970 produced a variety of hit songs and albums (most of them written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon)

English rock star and guitarist and songwriter who with Paul McCartney wrote most of the music for the Beatles (1940-1980)

United States singer and film actor (1915-1998)

United States blues singer (1894-1937)

Jamaican singer who popularized reggae (1945-1981)

United States guitarist whose innovative style with electric guitars influenced the development of rock music (1942-1970)

United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (born in 1958)

United States rock singer whose many hit records and flamboyant style greatly influenced American popular music (1935-1977)

United States rock singer (born in 1931)

a hand-held stringed instrument played with a bow

United States country music singer and songwriter

the film industry of India

a lively ballroom dance from Brazil

a rhythmic dance to reggae music performed by bending forward and extending the hands while bending the knees

a folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement

genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged

an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)

a circular horizontal platform that rotates a phonograph record while it is being played