Classical Music- N-O-P

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Another term for aeolian mode

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Sign which erases a sharp or flat

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A chord which contains another 3rd above the 7th

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Number of symphonies composed by Beethoven

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A composition based on a religious text, using vocal solos, ensembles, and choruses accompanied by orchestral instruments

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An orchestral composition which introduces a musical drama

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Instrument with several keyboards, including one for the feet

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Bach wrote 48 of these, two in each major and minor key, and each followed by a fugue.

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The part of a harpsichord's action which plucks the string as a key is depressed

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Term for the principal female singer in an opera, sometimes used in a derogratory manner

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Modal scale which has a lowered second from normal minor

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Polish composer and pianist who became Prime Minister of Poland in 1919