Genres
- tragicomedy
- a dramatic composition involving elements of both tragedy and comedy usually with the tragic predominating
- pointillism
- a genre of painting characterized by the application of paint in dots and small strokes; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers in late 19th century France
- funeral march
- a slow march to be played for funeral processions
- wedding march
- a march to be played for a wedding procession
- recessional
- a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw
- scat singing
- singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
- lead story
- a news story of major importance
- Christmas carol
- joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ
- comedy
- light and humorous drama with a happy ending
- dithyramb
- (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus)
- tragedy
- drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity
- church music
- genre of music composed for performance as part of religious ceremonies
- marching music
- genre of music written for marching
- Te Deum
- an ancient liturgical hymn
- euphuism
- an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology
- punk
- rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock
- polyphonic prose
- a rhythmical prose employing the poetic devices of alliteration and assonance
- cantus firmus
- a pre-existing melody used as the basis for a polyphonic composition; originally drawn from plainchant, but later drawn from other sources
- fugue
- a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement
- genre painting
- a genre depicting everyday life
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