Definition of the German term Werk in music:

  1. work (work of a composer)
  2. mechanism
Language
German
Singular
Werk
Plural
Werke

German musical terms that include Werk:

  • auf dem Oberwerk – on the Oberwerk (upper division of a German organ)
  • Auxiliarwerk – auxiliary organ (division of a pipe organ placed i...
  • Balgwerk – wind system (apparatus of an organ that produces, ...
  • Bombardwerk – bombarde division (division of an organ containing...
  • Brustwerk – small organ division located at chest height in fr...
  • Chamadenwerk – organ reed stops with pipes mounted horizontally o...
  • Echowerk – echo organ (smaller division of an organ, placed a...
  • Fernwerk – echo organ (smaller division of an organ, placed a...
  • Flötenwerk – flute division (the division of flute stops on an ...
  • Geigenwerk – bowed clavier (obsolete keyboard instrument strung...
  • Gesamtkunstwerk – total work of art (work of art that makes use of a...
  • Hauptwerk – great division (the main division of an organ, con...
  • Hilfswerk – auxiliary organ (division of a pipe organ placed i...
  • Hinterwerk – rear division (organ division placed behind the ma...
  • Hochdruckwerk – high-pressure division (division of an organ with ...
  • Kronwerk – crown division (division of an organ placed at the...
  • Kunstwerk – work of art, artwork
  • Labialwerk – flue division (organ division consisting of flue s...
  • Machwerk – bad job, badly crafted object
  • Oberwerk – upper division of a German organ (mounted higher t...
  • Orff-Schulwerk – collection of classroom musical instruments (espec...
  • Orgelwerk – organ work (composition for organ)...
  • Pedalwerk – pedal division (the division of an organ that the ...
  • Pfeifenwerk – pipework (the complete set of pipes in an organ)
  • Prinzipalwerk – (obsolete meaning) great division (the main divisi...
  • Rauschwerk – organ mutation stop of variable tone
  • Rohrwerk – reed stop (set of organ pipes that produce sound f...
  • Schlagwerk – group of percussion instruments (group or section ...
  • Schnarrwerk – reed stop (set of organ pipes that produce sound f...
  • Schwellwerk – swell box (enclosure in an organ with pipes and sh...
  • Schwellwerk offen – open swell box
  • Unterwerk – organ division placed below the main division (Hau...
  • Windwerk – wind system (apparatus of an organ that produces, ...
  • Zungenwerk – reed division (the division of reed stops on an or...

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