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This term means “beautiful song” or “beautiful singing” and refers to operatic music that is created to show off the best qualities of the voice.

A melody that is associated with an operatic character’s emotion, branding the melody in the ears of the audience with a character or emotion. Richard Wagner was able to tell aspects of the story in his music dramas without the use of dialogue, employing purely musical devices and speeding the story along or adding insight to the character’s mental state.

A style of painting in which color is applied to the canvas in dashes and dots and is not blended on the palette.

 Romantic composer who is important in the development of the symphonic poem and in the concert performance practices of pianists.

An important Late Romantic period composer of symphonies, other instrumental and choral music as well as lieder.

A Romantic period composer who is important in the development of the lied and the character piece for solo piano. He also founded the professional music journal, Die Neue Zeitschrift Musik, which was the first attempt in music journalism.

An icon in country music, it started as the WSM Barn Dance in the new 5th floor radio studio of the National Life & Accident Insurance Company in Nashville. It was (and still is) a weekly Saturday night country music radio program, typically broadcast live. It is the oldest continuous radio program in the United States having broadcast since November 28th, 1925

An important Late Romantic period composer of symphonies as well as orchestral song cycles.

A group of songs with a common theme, generally based on a poetic cycle.

Defined as a melancholy or sad feeling; however, to the people that sing or play, it is not limited to one particular feeling. In fact it encompasses all emotion and is expressionistic by nature.