bagatelle

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music | 1996 | 236 words | Copyright

bagatelle (Fr., Ger.). Trifle. So a short unpretentious instr. comp., esp. for pf. (Beethoven wrote 26 bagatelles, of which Für Elise is one). Dvořák's Bagatelles Op.47 (1878) are for 2 vn., vc., and harmonium (or pf.).

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