Genres

Magnificat

(Luke) the canticle of the Virgin Mary (from Luke 1:46 beginning `Magnificat anima mea Dominum')

 

Negro spiritual

a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States

 

schottische

music performed for dancing the schottische

 

comic opera

opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken

 

rondeau

a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata

 

wedding march

a march to be played for a wedding procession

 

cinema verite

a movie that shows ordinary people in actual activities without being controlled by a director

 

pean

(ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity)

 

personal

a short newspaper article about a particular person or group

 

piano sonata

a sonata for piano

 

Christmas carol

joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ

 

shoot-'em-up

a movie featuring shooting and violence

 

recessional

a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw

 

classical music

traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste

 

modern jazz

any of various styles of jazz that appeared after 1940

 

R and B

a combination of blues and jazz that was developed in the United States by Black musicians; an important precursor of rock 'n' roll

 

Messiah

an oratorio composed by Handel in 1742

 

hymeneal

a wedding hymn

 

rock opera

an opera with rock music

 

doo-wop

a genre (usually a cappella) of Black vocal-harmony music of the 1950s that evolved in New York City from gospel singing; characterized by close four-part harmonies; the name derived from some of the nonsense syllables sung by the backup