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Valkyrie, The (G., Die Walküre) Second of the four German operas that make up the opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen. Composed by Richard Wagner with his own libretto taken from Norse mythology. First produced in Munich, Germany, in 1870.
valve Invented in 1815, the mechanism on a brass instrument that allows the player to produce all the tones of the chromatic scale by increasing or decreasing the length of the tube in which the air passes. Most brass instruments use three valves (sometimes four) and can have one of two types: the piston valve or the rotary valve.
valve instruments Any instrument that uses piston or rotary valves. This includes most brass instruments except the slide trombone.
vamp The continued repetition of a section or ...
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