Pronunciation:

● Schubert’s Alinde - shoo-brts a-lind

● Franz Schubert - frans-shoo-brt
● Robert Schumann - raa-brt-shoo-maan
● Johannes Brahms - yow-haa-nuhs-braamz
● Felix Mendelssohn - fee-luhks-men-duhl-sown
● Louis Spohr - lois-spor
● Franz Liszt - frans-list
● Die Erste Walpurgisnacht - dii-erster-wa-pugis-nak

Definition:
● Operatic Aria - In music, an aria is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or
without instrumental or orchestral accompaniment
● Kundiman - Kundiman is a genre of traditional Filipino love songs
● Postlude - A concluding piece of music, especially an organ piece played at the
end of a religious service.
● Madrigals - A madrigal is a form of secular vocal music most typical of the
Renaissance and early Baroque periods, although revisited by some later
European composers.
● Strophic form – Also called verse-repeating form, chorus form, AAA song form, or
one-part song form is a song structure in which all verses or stanzas of the text
are sung to the same music.
● Through-Composed form - a form where each verse is different exhibiting no
melodic similarities to the previous verse. The concept of through composition is
carried over from classical music and can be seen in the Lieder of Franz
Schubert and the Tone Poems of Franz Liszt.
● Cantata - A cantata is a work for voices and instruments of the baroque era.
From its beginnings in 17th-century Italy, both secular and religious cantatas
were written. The earliest cantatas were generally for solo voices with minimal
instrumental accompaniment.
● Oratorio - An oratorio is a large musical composition for orchestra, choir, and
soloists. Like most operas, an oratorio includes a choir, soloists, an instrumental
ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias.