Genres

silents
a movie without a soundtrack
 
polyphonic prose
a rhythmical prose employing the poetic devices of alliteration and assonance
 
heavy metal
loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat; lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery
 
reggae
popular music originating in the West Indies; repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar
 
recessional
a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw
 
square-dance music
music performed for square dancing
 
jive
a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
 
Hallel
(Judaism) a chant of praise (Psalms 113 through 118) used at Passover and Shabuoth and Sukkoth and Hanukkah and Rosh Hodesh
 
three-D
a movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance
 
animated cartoon
a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence
 
stream of consciousness
a literary genre that reveals a character's thoughts and feeling as they develop by means of a long soliloquy
 
Western
a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development
 
soul
a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s
 
rondo
a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata
 
apologue
a short moral story (often with animal characters)
 
African-American music
music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses
 
commedia dell'arte
Italian comedy of the 16th to 18th centuries improvised from standardized situations and stock characters
 
final cut
the final edited version of a movie as approved by the director and producer
 
spaghetti Western
a low-budget Western movie produced by a European (especially an Italian) film company
 
epic poetry
poetry celebrating the deeds of some hero
 
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