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| An art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text (called a libretto) and musical score. |
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| A vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment and often containing more than one movement. |
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| A large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and soloists. Strictly a concert piece. |
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| An ordered set of instrumental or orchestral pieces normally performed in a concert setting rather than as accompaniment. |
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| Written for two solo melodic instruments and basso continuo, making three parts in all |
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| A form in which the musical material is passed between a small group of soloists. |
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| A contrapuntal composition in two or more voices, built on a subject (theme) that is introduced at the beginning in imitation and recurs frequently in the course of the composition. |
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| A short liturgical composition for organ using a chorale tune as its basis. |
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