Opus
Opus noun - A literary, musical, or artistic production.
Usage example: the composer's final opus was performed posthumously to great acclaim
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Piece
Piece noun - A literary, musical, or artistic production.
Usage example: presented a new interpretation of the piece by Mozart
Opus is a synonym for piece in study topic. You can use "Opus" instead a noun "Piece", if it concerns topics such as work, make, composition, musical composition. popular alternative
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- The two acts of their 1973 opus A Passion Play are separated by a musical spoken-word piece entitled "The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles", narrated (and towards the end, sung) by bassist Jeffrey Hammond.
Source: Step Up to the Microphone - Mike Oldfield's magnum opus Tubular Bells cools down near the end with the sound of a distant tolling bell, setting the piece up for its climax.
Source: For Doom the Bell Tolls - The ending music for Final Fantasy VI is often cited as Uematsu's magnum opus, as it takes new versions of every character theme, plus the main Final Fantasy theme (a total of fourteen pieces) and blends them together into a single 20 minute piece.
Source: Leitmotif / Video Games
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