Genres

pibroch

martial music with variations; to be played by bagpipes

 

anthem

a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)

 

documentary film

a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event

 

situation comedy

a humorous drama based on situations that might arise in day-to-day life

 

soul

a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s

 

drama

the literary genre of works intended for the theater

 

sonata

a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms

 

concerto

a composition for orchestra and a soloist

 

fugue

a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement

 

gospel

folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response; influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul)

 

reprint

a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

 

skiffle

a style of popular music in the 1950s; based on American folk music and played on guitars and improvised percussion instruments

 

shoot-'em-up

a movie featuring shooting and violence

 

closet drama

drama more suitable for reading that for performing

 

Western

a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development

 

nonfiction

prose writing that is not fictional

 

commedia dell'arte

Italian comedy of the 16th to 18th centuries improvised from standardized situations and stock characters

 

romance

a story dealing with love

 

musical drama

opera in which the musical and dramatic elements are equally important; the music is appropriate to the action

 

thriller

a suspenseful adventure story or play or movie