Help:Glossary

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Glossary of terms used on CPDL

A. Acronyms and abbreviations

Links (shown in blue) to the appropriate category or template. Definitions derived from category (C) or template (T) pages, Wikipedia (W).

A – Alto, a vocal part B – Bass, a vocal part Bar – Baritone, a vocal part (ignored by CPDL for choral voicings) BGA – Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, published 1850-1899 BWV or S. – Bach Werke Verzeichnis, catalogue (1950) by Wolfgang Schmieder C – Cantus, or Countertenor, or Contra a vocal part Can. – Cantus, a vocal part BCP – Book of Common Prayer CPDL – Choral Public Domain Library

DPL – D-Ju – Germany, Jena Universitätsbibliothek IMSLP – KV or K. – Köchel Verzeichnis, usually the Mozart catalogue by Köchel LU, Lu – Liber usualis Mp3 – Ms. – Manuscript; plural Mss. (see also mezzo-soprano) MXL – Music XML - markup language for music PDF – Portable Document Format S – Soprano, a vocal part (see also BWV above) St. – Stanzas; or Saint.

Sup. – Superius, a vocal part T – Tenor, a vocal part, Tr – Treble, a vocal part Vo. – Voices, or verso Vv. – Voices, or verses. XML – Extensible Markup Language

B. Words and phrases

Alto – One of the vocal parts, in recent times usually sung by women whose voices range just lower than Soprano; in older music this range may be sung by conuter-tenors. Anglican chant – A method of singing prose translations of the Psalms, canticles, and other similar texts, used primarily in Anglican churches. (C) Annunciation – Anthem – A through-composed choral work with a religious text sung in church services. The text is usually not metrical, although it may be. Set pieces usually have metrical text, but anthems usually have text of prose or free verse. (C) Antiphon – A short chant in Christian ritual, sung as a refrain to a Psalm text. Aria – A long accompanied song for a solo voice, typically one in an opera, cantata, or oratorio. Arranger – A person who rewrites an existing composition, sometimes changing the rhythm, mode, or key in addition to the notes. Sometimes an arranger will add vocal parts or accompaniment as well. This is a Template, {{Arranger}}, a substitute for {{Composer}}. Art song – Ascension – Assumption – Ballade – Ballate – Barbershop – Baritone – One of the vocal parts, usually sung by men with whose voices range between Tenor and Bass. Baroque music – Bass – One of the vocal parts, sung by men with the lowest ranges. Burial service – Canon – Cantata – A vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir and soloists. They can be sacred (church cantatas) or secular. (C, W) Carol – Chanson – Chant – Children's song – Chorale – Christmas – Classical music – Common – Communion – Communion Service – Compiler – Composer – Consort song – Copyright – Counter-tenor – CPDL Editor – Descant – Disambiguation – Easter – Edition. – Editor – Educational – Epiphany – Eucharistic song – Evening Canticle – Folk hymn – Folksong – Frottola – Plural Frottole. Funeral music – Glee – Gospel motet – Gradual – Hymn – Hymn setting – Hymn tune – Hymnal – Incidental music – Instrumental music – Intermezzo – Introit – Invitatory – Irregular meter – Lament – Lamentation – Larger work – Laud – Lauda – Laude – Lent – Lied – Litany – Liturgical drama – Liturgical music – Lullaby – Lyricist –

Madrigal – Magnificat antiphon – Manuscript – Masonic music – Mass – Mass fragment – Mass proper – Matin – Maundy Thursday – Medieval music – Meter – Mezzo soprano – Modern composer – Modern music – Morescha – Morning Canticle – Motet – A general term for a song to a sacred text, in Latin or other languages. Commonly modified by a more specific description, for example "Motet – Introit". Musical era – Musical genre – Ode – Offertory – Office hymn – Opera – Operetta – Oratorio – Pagan music – Partsong – Passion – Pastorela – Patriotic music – Preces and Response – Processional antiphon – Psalm – Psalm-tune – Requiem – Responsorial Psalm – Responsory – Romance – Romantic music – Rondeaux – Sacred – Sacred lament – Sacred song – Score. Secular – Sequence hymn – Set piece – Shape Note – Sheet music – Soprano – Spiritual – Symphony – Template – Tenebrae music – Tenebrae responsory – Tenor – Tract – Trope – Troped Kyrie – Vernacular Mass – Verse anthem – Vesper – Vesper Psalm – Villancico – Villanella – Virelai – Votive antiphon – Wedding song – WikiMedia – Work. Zarzuela –