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shellac2 | 14:26 Mon 28th Mar 2011 | Music
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aNYONE KNOW THE NAME FOR THE LAST PIECE OF A COMPOSERS WORK. thOUGHT IT MIGHT BE OPUS?
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The Latin word opus just means 'work' in the sense of a literary, musical or artistic work. The plural is, in fact, opera.

A composer's final composition is sometimes referred to as his or her 'opus ultimum':
http://books.google.c...A#v=onepage&q&f=false
14:29 Mon 28th Mar 2011
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If you are looking for a four letter word then:


co·da (kd)
n.
1. Music The concluding passage of a movement or composition.
2. A conclusion or closing part of a statement.
14:31 Mon 28th Mar 2011
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Oh right - you think the OP was referring to the final *section* of an *individual* composition...?
14:32 Mon 28th Mar 2011
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Not sure Mark. a stab in the dark as not much information given is there?
14:49 Mon 28th Mar 2011

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