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19th century Aida Allegro alto American composers aria Baba Bach ballet band Baroque Baroque Period bass become Beethoven Brahms brass brass instrument choir choral chord church clarinet Classical composition concertos contemporary Copland dance early English horn ex ul flute folk music fugue harmony homophony horn ideas Impressionistic Isolde jazz keyboard instruments King known listener Lord lu ia melody Mimi modern motet mus et lae musicians numerous oboe opera oratorio orchestra overtone series performed today perhaps piano pitch plainchant plainsong played polyphony polyrhythms popular Porgy prelude Renaissance REPRESENTATIVE RECORDED Rhadames rhythm rhythmic Rodolfo Romantic Romantic music run gen second movement serious music Shostakovitch sings sonata sonata-allegro songs soprano sounds Stravinsky string style Suite sung Symphony techniques tenor term thematic theme third movement tonal tone poem traditional Tristan trumpet utilized Vincent Persichetti violin vocal voice widely performed woodwinds written