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A festive song, generally religious but not necessarily tied to church worship, and often with a dance or folk character.

Originally, a form of entertainment featuring white performers in blackface, typically portraying stereotypes of African American culture.

A choral composition that sets the liturgical text of the Eucharist to music.

A form of secular vocal music in which one melody is sung by all the parts in harmony.

Singing without instrumental accompaniment, often involving rich choral textures and harmony.

A genre of songs, usually with a Christian theme, originating from the African American slave community.

Traditional German songs, often for voice and piano, that were composed during the Romantic era.

A style of composition that uses multiple, independent melodic lines occurring at the same time.

A texture where a primary part is supported by one or more additional strands that flesh out the harmony and often move together rhythmically.

A style of a cappella close harmony singing with four parts: lead, tenor, bass, and baritone.

A mass for the dead, set to music.

A large-scale musical work for orchestra and voices, typically a narrative on a religious theme.

Choral music that is not intended for religious worship and often includes love, folklore, and nature themes.

A large ensemble of singers who act as a group of characters within an opera, contributing to the narrative and emotional weight of the piece.

A musical notation system used in sacred music that assigns shapes to note heads to indicate their pitch.

A rhythmic speaking or singing of words or sounds, often based on one or two pitches and used in some religious rituals.

A secular vocal music composition, usually a partsong, of the Renaissance and early Baroque eras.

A choral piece with sacred text in English, often used in the context of Anglican worship.

A compositional technique in two or more voices, built on a subject that is introduced at the beginning and recurs frequently in the course of the composition.

Originally a Spanish poetic and musical form that became associated with the rustic themes of peasantry and folklore.

A polyphonic choral composition based on a sacred Latin text.

A genre of Christian music that often expresses personal or communal belief regarding Christian life.

A self-contained piece for one voice usually with orchestral accompaniment in an opera, cantata, or oratorio.

Choral music that is intended for religious worship, often involving texts from liturgical sources or the Bible.

Originally a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, often involving a choir.

A form of monophonic, unaccompanied sacred song of the western Roman Catholic Church.

A style of composing music where a single melodic line is supported by a simple accompaniment. This was an early form of Opera in the Baroque period.

A melody to which a hymn is sung by a congregation in a German Protestant Church service.