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Characteristic pieces
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BBD a10038784
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MT Music terms
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May also be used as a subdivision to terms in the Works List (WL) hierarchy
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"Those individual pieces in which either the character of a person or some kind of passion, such as love or pride, is expressed" (Turk School of Clavier Playing); "a piece of music, usually for piano solo, expressing either a single mood (e.g. martial, dream-like, pastoral) or a programmtic idea defined by its title" (New Gove)
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Program music
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Poetic idea