are taken individually 'piece' and its equivalents are rarely used of movements in sonatas or symphonies....composers have used all these terms [in their different languages] frequently in compound forms [e.g. Klavierstück]....In vocal music...the term is most frequently used for operatic ensembles..."

As a musical form

Composition techniques draw parallels from visual art's formal elements. Sometimes, the entire form of a piece is through-composed,

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