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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 liturgical drama | medieval play in a church |
| madrigal | a secular polyphonic composition |
| major | tonality of a complication 7 tone scale |
| mass | liturgy of the roman catholic church |
| melodrama | a simplistic sentimental storyline |
| meter | rhythmic organisation of music |
| mime | characters or modes by gestures |
| minaret | prayer tower connected to a moslem mosque |
| minor | tonality based on a minor scale |
| modern | recent styles associated with 29th century |
| modes | tones arranged in a scale that form the basis for a compositon |
| monophony | a single line of music |
| mintage | superimposed photographic images |
| mosaic | images made from stone or glass. fragments pressed into masonry. |
| mosque | moslem house of prayer |
| motet | polyphonic sacred vocal composition |
| musical theatre | american combination of theatre & music |
| narrative film | film that tells a story |
| open, free | no external form is applied to the music |
| opera | music drama/music dominates dialog |
| oratorio | sacred vocal composation/orchestrated |
| orchestra | ensemble of winds strings, brass, percussion |
| ostinato | persistently repeated rhythmic figure |
| overture | concert piece for orchestra/opening of opera or musical |
| pagoda | buddhist temple with several levels |
| piano forte | literally "soft/loud" on modern piano |
| plot | storyline or plan |
| polyphony | composition with many equal parts |
| post modern | eclectic style using older forms in a contemporary context |
| prelude | composition for keyboard or opening for musical theatre |
| primitive | artist who are self taught |
| producer | person responsible for financing productions |
| protagonist | leading character in a theratrical production |
| ragtime | jazz style/regular rhythms/syncopation |
| raked stage | stage floor with back higher than front |
| recitative & aria | words recited on pitch with melodic extended air |
| reliquary | receptacle for religious relic |
| relief | sculpture projecting from backstage beam |
| renaissance | historical era between 1400 and 1699 |
| retalbo | religious alter panel in a church |
| rhythm | movement of a uniform or patterned recurrence |
| ride rhythm | repeated hythm played by a drum or a cymbal to keep time |
| riff | melodic fragment repeated by a group |
| rising action | major focus of a plot development |
| romantic | style emphaizing emotion free imagination |
| rondo | musical form with three diffrent sections |
| scale | an arrangement of seven tones systematically from A to G |
| scene designer | creator of physical enviroment for a play |
| sfumato | a three dimensioned style used by leoardo |
| simple meter | meter divisible by 2 (2/4,2/2) |
| sonata allegro | musical form based on contrasting themes and tonalities |
| stage manager | monitor of a play/opera/in production |
| stele | commemorative stone marker |
| melody | series of 7 tones horizontally |
| perspective | depicting spatial relationships on a flat surface |
| polyrhythm | multiple rhythms occurring simultaneous |
| program music | textual reference to a piece of music |
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