Genres
- concerto grosso
- a baroque composition for orchestra and a group of solo instruments
- primitivism
- a genre characteristic of (or imitative of) primitive artists or children
- folk song
- a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture
- tragedy
- drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity
- final cut
- the final edited version of a movie as approved by the director and producer
- rock opera
- an opera with rock music
- drama
- the literary genre of works intended for the theater
- coming attraction
- a movie that is advertised to draw customers
- rough cut
- the first print of a movie after preliminary editing
- 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)
- skiffle
- a style of popular music in the 1950s; based on American folk music and played on guitars and improvised percussion instruments
- dead march
- a slow march to be played for funeral processions
- boogie-woogie
- an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
- epic poetry
- poetry celebrating the deeds of some hero
- rockabilly
- a fusion of black music and country music that was popular in the 1950s; sometimes described as blues with a country beat
- opera
- a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
- fugue
- a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement
- prose
- ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
- 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
- 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
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