Genres
- Internationale
- a revolutionary socialist anthem
- Requiem
- a musical setting for a Mass celebrating the dead
- saga
- a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
- folk art
- genre of art of unknown origin that reflects traditional values of a society
- pop music
- music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love
- religious music
- genre of music composed for performance as part of religious ceremonies
- final cut
- the final edited version of a movie as approved by the director and producer
- fugue
- a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement
- closet drama
- drama more suitable for reading that for performing
- heavy metal music
- loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat; lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery
- cantata
- a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
- comedy
- light and humorous drama with a happy ending
- rockabilly
- a fusion of black music and country music that was popular in the 1950s; sometimes described as blues with a country beat
- nonfiction
- prose writing that is not fictional
- opera comique
- opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken
- sitcom
- a humorous drama based on situations that might arise in day-to-day life
- mystery story
- a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie
- scat
- singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
- newsreel
- a short film and commentary about current events
- soul
- a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s
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