Classical Music- All M's

Composer of the opera "Cavalleria Rusticana"

Term for ornament indicating to very quickly play from the principal note to its lower diatonic neighbor and back

Vocal passage sung on one syllable

Another term for time signature

Device for muffling sound on a musical instrument

Mode which has a lowered 7th step from major

Three note chord constructed of a major third and a perfect 5th from the root

Three note chord constructed of a minor 3rd and a perfect 5th

Austrian-Bohemian composer, 1860-1911, composer of 10 symphonies

Child prodigy, musical genius of the 18th century, composer of 40 symphonies in classic style

Comic opera by above composer in which Susannah, a servant in a rich man's household, successfully defies him and marries her true love

Gernan Romantic-era composer of Songs Without Words and a violin concerto in e minor

Contrapuntal part-song, usually unaccompanied, popular in the renaissance

Oratorio by Handel, now typically performed during Christmas season, but which actually premiered at Easter in 1742 in Dublin