Genres
- prose
- ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
- slapstick
- a boisterous comedy with chases and collisions and practical jokes
- prosodion
- religious music used in a procession
- heroic tale
- a story of an adventure
- newspaper column
- an article giving opinions or perspectives
- chinoiserie
- a style in art reflecting Chinese influence; elaborately decorated and intricately patterned
- jive
- a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
- soul
- a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s
- landscape
- a genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery
- epos
- a body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme
- opera
- a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
- seriocomedy
- a comedy with serious elements or overtones
- think piece
- an article in a newspaper or magazine or journal that represents opinions and ideas and discussion rather than bare facts
- paper
- a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses
- hillbilly music
- country music originating in mountainous regions of southern United States
- processional march
- a march to be played for processions
- schottische
- music performed for dancing the schottische
- murder mystery
- a narrative about a murder and how the murderer is discovered
- Mass
- a musical setting for a Mass
- Dies Irae
- the first words of a medieval Latin hymn describing the Last Judgment (literally `day of wrath')
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