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Absolute film
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No narration or story line
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Absolute music
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no reference beyond music itself
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Arch
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a curved construction
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Ars NOva
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new art; reference to the music of the 14th century
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art song
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german lied/french/chanson/vocal solos
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atonality
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no tonal reference
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avant garde
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innovators; the cutting edge
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ballet
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formalized theatrical dance
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baroque
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historical era between 1600 & 1750
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basilica
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roman assembly hall
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blocking
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actors movement on the stage
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boogie-woogie
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piano blues with strong rhythmic bass
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burlesque
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bawdy music theatre
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buttress
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built for supporting a buildings exterior
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call response
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form using a statement from another source
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cantata
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sacred composition sung with accompaniment
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cantilever
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a projecting beam anchored without support
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chamber music
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music composed for small ensembles
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character
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person in dramatic presentation
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character piece
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musical composition with narrative
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chiaroscuro
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light and dark shading
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childrens theatre
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designed for children; has adult values
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chord progressions
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a series of chords played in a series
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chord
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combination of notes sounded together
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choreographer
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designer of dance
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cinema
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images on film
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classic style
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emphasizing harmony and balance
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climax
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high point in a play or music
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collage
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compiled using varied overlapping materials
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comedy
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humerous situations
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complication
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colliding plot element
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compound meter
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divisible by 3
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concerto
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to oppose in sound
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corbelled arch
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stones arranged in a staggered course
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cuneiform
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ancient mesopotamian writing
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danseomania
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frenzied medieval dance
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denouement
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falling action; resolution of a falling climax
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diminished
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a chord consisting of two minor thirds
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director
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artistic controller of a play or film
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discovery
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shift of character; leading to reversal
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dixieland
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style of jazz based on improvisation
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documentary
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non ficitional narrative film
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dodecaphonic
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compiled using 12 equal tones with no tonal center
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dominant
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closely related key center scale step #5
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drama
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a serious presentation with character conflict
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dynamics
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volume levels or amount of force
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en pointe
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ballet dance on toes or point
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encaustic
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painting with heated pigment
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ethos
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greek theory; music has moral/amoral content
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exposition
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revealing characters or conflicts in a play. Opening themes in music
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extended
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expanded traditional forms in music, 12 tone blues
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facade
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exterior face of a building
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farce
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broad humor and implausible plots
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flying buttress
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open external support of a building
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form
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musical structure; the overall compositional design
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fresco
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wall painting using water soluble pigment on wet surface
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fugue
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contrapuntal musical composition
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genre
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subject matter from everyday life
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harmonic motion rhythm
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the rhythm created by changes in harmony
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harmony
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simultaneous sounding of pitches, arranged vertically
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hieroglyphics
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egyptian or mayan picture writings
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homophony
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accompaniment with melody
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humanism
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philosophy that considers human values
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iconography
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pictorial images & their meanings
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impressionism
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late 19th century art/music movement
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improvisation
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extemporaneous creative activity
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inciting incident
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the first major conflict in a play
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jazz
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dance or music based on exuberant rhythm
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kinetic
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real or implied movement
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lighting designer
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responsible for stage illumination
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lintrel
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beam spanding two upright posts
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liturgical drama
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medieval play in a church org. didactic
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madrigal
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a secular polyphonic composition
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major
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tonality of a complication, 7 tone scale
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mass
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liturgy of the roman catholic church
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melodrama
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a simplistic sentimental storyline
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melody
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series of 7 tones arranged horizontally
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meter
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rhythmic organization of music
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mime
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characters or modes by gestures
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minaret
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prayer tower connected to a moslem mosque
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minor
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tonality based on a minor scale
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modern
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recent styles associated with the 29th century
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modes
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tones arranged in a scale that forms the basis for a composition
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monophony
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a single line of music
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montage
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superimposed photoaphic images
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