morceau

Your description of Tangier will be another interesting “morceau” for her.

This first melody in the opera is as perfect a morceau for its size as was ever written.

So with a charming abandon she relieved her pretty teeth of the morceau, replaced it with another, helped herself to a second novel, settled back on her pillow, and opened the enchanted pages.

Then he played the second movement of his symphony, and it is the most exquisite morceau you can imagine.

Moore had a great aversion to having his best morceaux served up without context in that manner; but worse remained behind.