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African-American music, black music
music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses
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classical, classical music, serious music
traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste
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church music, religious music
genre of music composed for performance as part of religious ceremonies
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march, marching music
genre of music written for marching
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popular music, popular music genre
any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)
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chamber music
serious music performed by a small group of musicians
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opera
a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
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antiphon, antiphony
a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response
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Mass
a musical setting for a Mass
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processional, prosodion
religious music used in a procession
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antiphonal, antiphonary
bound collection of antiphons
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religious song
religious music for singing
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cantata, oratorio
a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
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concerto
a composition for orchestra and a soloist
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fugue
a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement
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rondeau, rondo
a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata
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sonata
a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms
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blues
a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes
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martial music, military march, military music
brisk marching music suitable for troops marching in a military parade
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processional march, recessional march
a march to be played for processions
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disco, disco music
popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques
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macumba
popular dance music of Brazil; derived from the practices of the macumba religious cult
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pop, 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
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ethnic music, folk, folk music
the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
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ballroom music, dance music, danceroom music
a genre of popular music composed for ballroom dancing
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soul
a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s
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jazz
a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
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hip-hop, rap, rap music
genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged
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R and B, rhythm and blues
a combination of blues and jazz that was developed in the United States by Black musicians; an important precursor of rock 'n' roll
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rockabilly
a fusion of black music and country music that was popular in the 1950s; sometimes described as blues with a country beat
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rock, rock 'n' roll, rock and roll, rock music, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll
a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western
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reggae
popular music originating in the West Indies; repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar
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skiffle
a style of popular music in the 1950s; based on American folk music and played on guitars and improvised percussion instruments