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piece of music

n. a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements" [syn: musical composition, opus, composition, piece]

Usage examples of "piece of music".

There was a piece of music to be performed in a building just a little farther down this street and then somewhat farther down the next.

From the Palais du Louvre to the Etoile it is like a piece of music for the pianoforte.

When he finished, the pale light of dawn had long since been replaced by the strong sunlight of a summer's day and he'd found a song that would be a part of every piece of music he'd ever play from now on.

She had specified that a certain piece of music be sung, and that it be sung by a female voice.

There had been three related themes, obviously meant as the foundation for an extended piece of music in Hoffmann's notes, and Schnak and Gunilla had decided that these should be developed into a prelude to Act Two, a preparation for the scenes of love and betrayal in which Guenevere and Lancelot, under the malign influence of Morgan Le Fay, would consummate their passion and suffer a double remorse, for Lancelot had also been tricked into a union with the maiden Elaine.

Old Father listened to this song with his head held rigid and his eyes nearly closed, in the attitude of a Fravashi who wishes to remember a piece of music perfectly.