Musical Terms: Libretto, Lyrics, Score, Composer, Choreo, Opera, Operetta, Vaudeville, Quizzes of Theatre

Download Musical Terms: Libretto, Lyrics, Score, Composer, Choreo, Opera, Operetta, Vaudeville and more Quizzes Theatre in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Libretto DEFINITION 1 A libretto is the text used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio and cantata, musical, and ballet. TERM 2 Lyrics DEFINITION 2 Lyrics (in singular form Lyric) are a set of words that make up a song. TERM 3 Score DEFINITION 3 Written form of musical compostition. TERM 4 Composer DEFINITION 4 A composer is a person who creates music, usually by musical notation, for interpretation and performance. TERM 5 Choreography DEFINITION 5 The motion/dances in a musical number. Created by the choreographer. TERM 6 Opera DEFINITION 6 Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score. A drama set to music -> strictly sung. TERM 7 Operetta DEFINITION 7 Operetta is a genre of light opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter. The dominant form of musical theatre in the last quarter of the 19th century that were mostly romantic comedies set in exotic locations. Lots of fantasy and spectacular scenery. TERM 8 Vaudeville DEFINITION 8 Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Contained songs, dances, mimes, actors, and stand-up comedians. "SNL-ish." TERM 9 Burlesque DEFINITION 9 Burlesque is a humorous theatrical entertainment involving parody and sometimes grotesque exaggeration. In America, it was essentially a classy syriptease. TERM 10 Minstrel Shows DEFINITION 10 The minstrel show, or minstrelsy, was an American entertainment consisting of comic skits, variety acts, dancing, and music, performed by white people in blackface or, especially after the Civil War, black people in blackface.