The Concert-goer's Library of Descriptive Notes

accompanied Adagio afterwards Allegretto Andante announced arpeggios Bach Ballet bars basses bassoons beautiful Beethoven brass cadenza cantabile cellos chords clarinet climax close Coda composer Concerto cor anglais dance drums ends episode Fantasia figure Finale flat flute followed fortissimo full orchestra give given graceful harp heard horns imitation introduced leads Liszt lower strings major March melody ment middle section Minuet moderato mood motive movement Mozart muted notes oboe octaves opening theme opera orchestra Overture Parsifal passage phrase pianissimo piano pianoforte pizzicato played poco Prelude presently principal subject principal theme programme quaver recapitulation repeated repetition restated Rhapsody rhythm rhythmic Rondo scene Scherzo scored second subject second theme second violins semiquaver Siegfried solo instrument solo violin solo-instrument soloist song starts Suite SYMPHONIC POEM Symphony syncopated Tannhäuser Tchaikovsky thematic material third tion tremolo Trio trombones troppo trumpets unison Valse violas violins violoncello Wagner wind wood-wind working-out