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A song which uses the same music for each stanza or verse of poetry is said to be in this form.

This Italian operatic composer was the most popular of his day.  He created most of his works early in life and enjoyed a long retirement.  

A short programmatic work for solo piano that is descriptive of an emotion or feeling made popular by Robert Schumann.

Born in 1923, this singer/songwriter he has become an icon of country music and one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. His songbook is one of the backbones of country music and has been covered in a range of pop and rock styles. After his premature death at age 29, his legend reached mythic proportions.

An extension of the symphonic poem, program music composed for orchestra, but in multiple descriptive movements.

The large instrumental ensembles used to play swing music. It included 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, 2 alto saxes, 2 tenor saxes, 1 bari sax, and a full rhythm section. Some bands added clarinet, vocalist, even strings. The style limited improvisation and was most popular in the 1930’s and 1940’s.

Born in Albany, Georgia in 1923, he is well known for his innovation in blending popular music into his rhythm and blues performances and recordings. His work reflects inspiration from gospel, blues, jazz, pop, rock, R&B, soul and country musics. As a vocalist, he was originally inspired by pianist/songwriter Nat King Cole and his early recordings reflect that influence.

This early style of jazz that began in New Orleans and was originally learned by imitation

This style of writing music for the piano is the predecessor to jazz. It incorporates strong beats accented by a bouncing left hand part with syncopated melodies played by the right hand.  

A style of jazz that followed the swing era and returned to improvisation. It was led by artists such as Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and returned to small instrumental ensembles (the Quintet).