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galant (Fr. "elegant")
A term for light, elegant, tuneful eighteenth-century music of no great emotional weight. read moregalliard
A lively sixteenth-and early seventeenth-century court dance in triple meter, often paired with a PAVAN. read moreGamut (Contraction of gamma--Greek (G)
The first solemnization syllable, ut, of the hard hexachord. Entire range of pitches. read moregavotte
A fear Baroque dance in quadruple meter, beginning on the third beat of the measure, often a movement of a SUITE. read moreGebrauchsmusik
A German term, meaning "functional music", used in the 1920s for music with a social or educational purpose. read moregebrauchsmusik (Ger. "utilitarian music")
Music for amateurs, children, and workers to play and sing. read moregenera (Lat. "classes"; sing, genus)
In Greek music, three classes of MELODY or ways of tuning the TETRACHORD: DIATONIC, chromatic, and ENHARMONIC. read moreGesamtkunstwerk
A German term, meaning "total art work", which Wagner used for his later music-drama in which music, poetry , drama and the visual arts were unified in his concept. read moregigue (Eng. Jig)
A fast Baroque dance usually in compound meter, often the last movement of a Suite; also jig. read moreglissando
A rapid instrumental slide up or down the scale. read moregrand concerto
Sacred concerto. read moregrand motet (FR. "large motet")
Seventeenth and eighteenth-century French SACRED CONCERTO for soloists, double choruses, and orchestra. read moreGreat Organ
The main of the organ, played from the central manual in a three-manual instrument or the lower manual in one with two keyboards. read moreGregorian chant
A repertory of PLAINSONG associated with Pope Gregory 1, during whose reign chants were categorized for use in the Roman Catholic. read moreground bass
A bass melody repeated several times while upper parts have varying music. read moreGlossary
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