About The Word Opus

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Opus

Opus Meaning & Definition
Opus Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Opus?

[n] a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Opus: composition | musical composition | piece | piece of music

Related Terms | Find terms related to Opus: absolute music | adaptation | air varie | aleatory | aleatory music | arrangement | article | artifact | autograph | best seller | book | bound book | brainchild | chamber music | chamber orchestra | child | classic | coinage | coloring book | composition | computer printout | concoction | copy | creation | creature | crowning achievement | definitive work | descant | distillation | document | draft | edited version | effect | electronic music | end product | engrossment | essay | essence | etude | exercise | extract | fair copy | fiction | final draft | finished version | first draft | flimsy | folio | fruit | great work | handiwork | hardback | harmonization | holograph | incidental music | instrumental music | invention | issue | juvenile | juvenile book | letter | limp-cover book | literae scriptae | literary artefact | literary production | literature | lucubration | magnum opus | manufacture | manuscript | masterpiece | masterwork | matter | mintage | Nachtmusik | new mintage | nocturne | nonbook | nonfiction | notebook | novel | oeuvre | offspring | opera | opuscule | opusculum | orchestration | original | origination | outcome | outgrowth | paper | paperback | parchment | penscript | picture book | piece | piece of writing | play | playbook | pocket book | poem | prayer book | printed matter | printout | production | program music | psalmbook | psalter | publication | reading matter | recension | result | ricercar | score | screed | scrip | script | scrive | scroll | second draft | serial | sketchbook | soft-cover | sonata | sonatina | songbook | standard work | storybook | string orchestra | string quartet | study | the written word | theme and variations | title | tome | trade book | transcript | transcription | trio | typescript | variation | version | volume | work | writing

See Also | adagio | allegro | arrangement | bagatelle | canon | capriccio | coda | creation | divertimento | duet | duette | duo | etude | fantasia | finale | idyll | intermezzo | largo | medley | morceau | motet | movement | music | musical arrangement | musical passage | nocturne | octet | octette | passage | pastiche | pastoral | pastorale | potpourri | program music | programme music | quartet | quartette | quintet | quintette | realization | septet | septette | serenade | sestet | sextet | sextette | sheet music | solo | song | study | suite | symphonic poem | toccata | tone poem | trio

Opus In Webster's Dictionary

\O"pus\, n.; pl. {Opera}. [L. See {Opera}.] A work; specif. (Mus.), a musical composition. Note: Each composition, or set of pieces, as the composer may choose, is called an opus, and they are numbered in the order of their issue. (Often abbrev. to op.) {Opus incertum}. [L.] (Arch.) See under {Incertum}.

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