| program music | Instrumental music describing a story, scene, idea, or event.
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| armonica or glass harmonica | A musical instrument invented by Benjamin Franklin, consisting of tuned, wet glasses that are rubbed to produce a sound.
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| art song | A secular song, usually with a text of literary merit, intended for concert or recital performance.
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| sonata | Multimovement form for one or more solo instruments.
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| rondo | A form of composition, usually fast in tempo and merry in mood, in which various episodes alternate with the opening material ( AB A C A).
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| Alberti bass | An accompaniment pattern consisting of rhythmically regular broken chords.
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| ballad opera | An English form of music theater setting comedy and satire to popular tunes.
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| fife and drum corps | An early band, consisting of fifes and drums, which performed for military and later for entertainment purposes.
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