Definitions Music and Art

Verb - To walk steadily and rhythmically forward in step with others Noun – A composition to accompany (usually a band) and suggests a steady rhythmic beat and progression.

• March

• Oratorio

• Opera

• Chamber Music

The written words or text of a dramatic musical work.

• Libretto

• Oratorio

• Ragtime

• Fine Art

A style of music characterized by an unusual rhythmic pattern (syncopation) in the melody against an even accompaniment.

• March

• Opera

• Treemonisha

• Ragtime

A practice whereby a composer is hired to write a piece of music in exchange for a fee.

• Patron

• Commission

• Libretto

• Concerto

 A school of music or dramatic art.

• Ragtime

• Patron

• Conservatory

• Commission

A dance form characterized by grace and precision of movement presented by a group or an individual dancing to music accompaniment, usually with costumes and scenery, telling a story.

• Ballet Company

• Opera Company

• Opera

• Ballet

A style of art that focused on the dramatic and exotic subjects.

• Romanticism

• Impressionism

• Expressionism

• Cubism

an art style that attempted to capture the rapidly changing effects of sunlight on objects.

• Contemporary Art

• Impressionism

• Romanticism

• Flying Buttress

style of art in which objects and the space around them are broken up into different shapes and then put back together again in new relationships

• Cubism

• Impressionism

• Sfumato

• Expressionism

A musical work written for chorus, vocal soloists, and orchestra, with religious texts, often from the Bible.

• Symphony

• Chamber Music

• Illustration

• Oratorio