…vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion…
…pop music intended mainly for dancing to at discos, typically soul-influenced and melodic with a regular bass beat and popular particularly in the late 1970s…
…medieval, Renaissance, and early baroque music, especially as revived and played on period instruments…
…music that originates in traditional popular culture or that is written in such a style. Folk music is typically of unknown authorship and is transmitted orally from generation to generation…
…an opera whose structure is governed by considerations of dramatic effectiveness, rather than by the convention of having a series of formal arias…
…a form of variety entertainment popular in Britain from circa 1850, consisting of singing, dancing, comedy, acrobatics, and novelty acts. Its popularity declined after the First World War with the rise of the cinema…
…a rest or light frame on which sheet music or a score is supported…
…a stool for a pianist, typically adjustable in height and sometimes having a hinged top covering a storage space for musical scores…
…a videotaped performance of a recorded popular song, usually accompanied by dancing and visual images interpreting the lyrics…
…pre-recorded background music played through loudspeakers in a public place…
…music popular among or played by black people, especially jazz and blues…
…a form of popular music which evolved from rock and roll and pop music during the mid and late 1960s. Harsher and often self-consciously more serious than its predecessors, it was initially characterized by musical experimentation and drug-related or anti-establishment lyrics…
…music springing from and identified with a particular culture, typically that of the West Indies…
…light classical music originally considered suitable for playing in a salon…
…a kind of music incorporating elements of rhythm and blues and gospel music, popularized by American black people. Characterized by an emphasis on vocals and an impassioned improvisatory delivery, it is associated with performers such as Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, and Otis Redding…
…a style of popular music originating in the US in the early 1960s, characterized by high harmony vocals and typically having lyrics relating to surfing…
…music played during the credits at the beginning or end of a television programme or film…
…traditional music from the developing world, sometimes incorporating elements of Western popular music…
…a style of gentle, largely electronic instrumental music with no persistent beat, used to create or enhance a mood or atmosphere…
…instrumental music played by a small ensemble, with one player to a part, the most important form being the string quartet…
…a form of popular music originating in the rural southern US. It is a mixture of ballads and dance tunes played characteristically on fiddle, banjo, guitar, and pedal steel guitar…
…a combination of music and drama in modern form distinct from traditional opera, typically for a small group of performers…
…music appealing to the popular taste, including rock and pop and also soul, reggae, rap, and dance music…
…instrumental music not intended to represent or illustrate something else…
…serious music following long-established principles rather than a folk, jazz, or popular tradition…
…music that is intended to evoke images or convey the impression of events…
…music intended as an unobtrusive accompaniment to an activity or to provide atmosphere in a film…
…music performed using synthesizers and other electronic instruments…
…be confronted with the unpleasant consequences of one’s actions…
…music used in a film or play as a background to create or enhance a particular atmosphere…
…a style of chiefly instrumental music characterized by light melodic harmonies and sounds reproduced from the natural world, intended to promote serenity…
…something that is very pleasant or gratifying to hear or discover…
…the natural harmonic tones supposedly produced by the movement of the celestial spheres or the bodies fixed in them…
…commercial popular music, in particular accessible, tuneful music of a kind popular since the 1950s and sometimes contrasted with rock, soul, or other forms of popular music…
…a type of popular music intended for dancing to in clubs, typically having a repetitive beat and a synthesized backing track that features sound samples…
…a fervent style of black American evangelical religious singing, developed from spirituals sung in Southern Baptist and Pentecostal Churches…
…a style of electronic dance music typically having sparse, repetitive vocals and a fast beat…
…a style of dance music incorporating elements of ragga, hip hop, and hard core and consisting of very fast electronic drum tracks and slower synthesized bass lines, originating in Britain in the early 1990s…
…a type of electronic dance music characterized by hypnotic rhythms and sounds…
