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"concert master"; in Bach's day this responsibility often included directing the ensemble in addition to playing in it.

See bar form.

"Royal Academy of Music"

Statement of a motive or melody in rhythmic proportions longer than the original

German poetic form consisting of three stanzas, each stanza beginning with two Stollen followed by an Abgesang. When set to music, this type of poetry yields a two-part schematic (AAB) in which the repeating section "A" is called the Stollen and the non-repeating section "B" the Abgesang. This form is employed in most chorales a [..]

a sacred choral composition, in English, accompanied or unaccompanied, intended for use in the Protestant liturgy. Analogous to motet in the Roman rite.

a person or an ideal that has been glorified or deified.

the science of architecture and structural design; the science of systematizing knowledge.

Movement from an opera, oratorio, or cantata for solo or duo voices as opposed to full chorus. The melodic, lyrical, and often virtuoso, characteristics of the aria stand in contrast to the recitative.