Music Glossary: baroque

Vocal composition with instrumental accompaniment; sacred or secular, multi-movement. more

Variations over a repeated harmonic progression; expressive large-scale set-piece. more

Variations over a repeating bass line or harmonic pattern; related to chaconne. more

Set of short movements (often dances) unified by key or theme. more

Rapid alternation between adjacent notes; can include auxiliary accidentals. more