musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"

allegro - a musical composition or passage performed quickly in a brisk lively manner

intro - a brief introductory passage to a piece of popular music

musical phrase, phrase - a short musical passage

cadence - the close of a musical section

cadenza - a brilliant solo passage occuring near the end of a piece of music

largo - (music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner

adagio - (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully); "they played the adagio too quickly"

recitative - a vocal passage of narrative text that a singer delivers with natural rhythms of speech

modulation, transition - a musical passage moving from one key to another

impromptu - a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation