#fine_art__art  the products of human creativity; works of art collectively; "an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art"
  supertype:  #creation_result__creation  an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone
  subtype:  #artificial_flower  a handmade imitation of a blossom
  subtype:  #commercial_art  art used for commercial purposes (as in advertising)
  subtype:  #cyberart  art that is produced with the help of computer hardware and software
  subtype:  #decoupage.fine_art  art produced by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer
  subtype:  #diptych  a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on two panels (usually hinged like a book)
  subtype:  #gem__treasure  art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
  subtype:  #genre  a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique
     subtype:  #abstract_expressionism  a New York genre of painting characterized by freely created abstractions
     subtype:  #abstract_art__abstractionism  an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation
        subtype:  #op_art  a style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s; produces dramatic visual effects with colors and contrasts that are difficult for the eye to resolve
     subtype:  #ashcan_school  early 20th-century United States painting; portrays realistic and sordid scenes of city life
     subtype:  #chinoiserie  a style in art reflecting Chinese influence; elaborately decorated and intricately patterned
     subtype:  #expressionism  a genre of German painting that tried to show the subjective responses to scenes rather than the scenes themselves
     subtype:  #Fauvism  a genre of painting characterized by vivid colors and simplified forms that gave a decorative effect
     subtype:  #folk_art  genre of art of unknown origin that reflects traditional values of a society
     subtype:  #genre_painting__genrepainting  a genre depicting everyday life
     subtype:  #impressionism  a genre of French painting that pictured appearances by strokes of unmixed colors to give the impression of reflected light
     subtype:  #landscape_painting__landscapepainting__landscape  a genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery
     subtype:  #magic_realism__magicrealism  genre of meticulously realistic painting of imaginary scenes and fantastic images
     subtype:  #modernism.genre  genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres
     subtype:  #pointilism  a genre of painting characterized by the application of paint in dots and small strokes; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers in late 19th century France
     subtype:  #pop_art  a genre of modern art that imitates the techniques of commercial art and the styles of popular culture and the mass media
     subtype:  #postmodernism  genre of art and literature and especially architecture in reaction against principles and practices of established modernism
     subtype:  #primitivism  a genre characteristic of (or imitative of) primitive artists or children
     subtype:  #realism.genre  genre of art and literature that represents events and social conditions as they actually are (without idealization)
     subtype:  #surrealism  genre of art and literature attempting to express the working of the subconscious and characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions
     subtype:  #synthetism  a genre of French painting characterized by bright flat shapes and symbolic treatments of abstract ideas
  subtype:  #graphic_art__graphicart  the arts of drawing or painting or printmaking
     subtype:  #graphics  the drawings and photographs in the layout of a book
        subtype:  #computer_graphics  the pictorial representation and manipulation of data by a computer
     subtype:  #painting.graphic_art__picture  graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre"
        subtype:  #abstraction.painting  an abstract painting
        subtype:  #daub  an unskillful painting
        subtype:  #finger_painting.painting__fingerpainting  a painting produced by spreading paint with the fingers
        subtype:  #ikon__icon  a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church
        subtype:  #landscape.painting  painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery
        subtype:  #miniature.painting__illumination  painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
        subtype:  #monochrome  painting done in a range of tones of a single color
        subtype:  #mural__wall_painting  a painting that is applied to a wall surface
           subtype:  #fresco.mural  a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster
        subtype:  #nude_painting__nude  a painting of a naked figure
        subtype:  #oil_painting.painting__oilpainting  a picture painted with oil paints
           subtype:  #canvas.oil_painting__canva__canvas  an oil painting on canvas
        subtype:  #portrait  a painting of a person's face
           subtype:  #self-portrait  a portrait of yourself created by yourself
        subtype:  #sand_painting  a painting done by Amerindians (especially Navaho); made of fine colored sands on a neutral background
        subtype:  #seascape  a painting of the sea
        subtype:  #semi-abstraction  a semi-abstract painting
        subtype:  #still_life__stilllife  a painting of inanimate objects such as fruit or flowers
        subtype:  #trompe_l'oeil  a painting rendered in such great detail as to deceive the viewer concerning its reality
        subtype:  #watercolor  a painting produced with watercolors
           subtype:  #gouache  a watercolor executed with opaque watercolors mixed with gum
           subtype:  #wash_drawing__wash  a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
     subtype:  #print_making__printmaking  a picture or design printed from an engraving
        subtype:  #contact_print__contactprint  a print made by exposing a photosensitive surface to direct contact with a photographic negative
        subtype:  #copperplate.print_making  a print made from an engraved copperplate
        subtype:  #engraving.print_making  a print made from an engraving
           subtype:  #dry_point.engraving__drypoint  a print produced by dry point engraving
           subtype:  #etching.engraving  an impression made from an etched plate
              subtype:  #aquatint.etching  an etching made by a process that makes it resemble a water color
           subtype:  #halftone  a print obtained from photoengraving
           subtype:  #linecut__line_engraving  a print obtained from a line drawing
           subtype:  #steel_engraving.print_making__steelengraving  an impression taken from an engraved steel plate
           subtype:  #woodcut__wood_engraving  an engraving made from a woodcut
        subtype:  #linocut.print_making  a print made from a linocut
        subtype:  #lithograph  a print produced by lithography
           subtype:  #photolithograph  a lithograph produced by photographically produced plates
        subtype:  #mezzotint  print produced by an engraving that has been scraped to represent light or shade
        subtype:  #overprint__surprint  something added by overprinting
        subtype:  #silk-screen__silk_screen_print__serograph  a print made by forcing ink through a fine (silk) mesh that has been treated to give blank areas
     subtype:  #scene.graphic_art__view  graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept; "he painted scenes from everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment"
  subtype:  #grotesque  art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants
  subtype:  #kitsch  art in pretentious bad taste
  subtype:  #mosaic  art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass
  subtype:  #plastic_art__plasticart  the arts of shaping or modeling; carving and sculpture
     subtype:  #sculpture.plastic_art  a three-dimensional work of plastic art
        subtype:  #bronze.sculpture  a sculpture made of bronze
        subtype:  #bust  a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
        subtype:  #carving.sculpture  a sculpture created by carving (as wood or ivory or stone)
           subtype:  #cinquefoil  an ornamental carving consisting of five arcs arranged in a circle
           subtype:  #glyptic_art__glypticart__glyptography  carvings or engravings (especially on precious stones)
              subtype:  #anaglyph  anything carved in low relief
                 subtype:  #cameo  engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring)
              subtype:  #glyph  glyptic art in the form of a symbolic figure carved or incised in relief
              subtype:  #glyptics__lithoglyptics  the art of engraving on precious stones
              subtype:  #intaglio__diaglyph  glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo)
           subtype:  #scrimshaw  a carving (or engraving) on whalebone, whale ivory, walrus tusk, etc., usually by American whalers
           subtype:  #vermiculation  a decoration consisting of wormlike carvings
           subtype:  #woodcarving  a carving created by carving wood
        subtype:  #marble.sculpture  a sculpture carved from marble
        subtype:  #mobile  sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents
        subtype:  #clay_sculpture__mold__mould__molding__moulding__modeling  sculpture produced by molding
        subtype:  #piece.sculpture  an object created by a sculptor; "it was not known who created the piece"
        subtype:  #sculptural_relief__relief__relievo__rilievo__embossment  sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
           subtype:  #alto_relievo__alto_rilievo__high_relief  a sculptural relief in which forms extend out from the background to at least half their depth
           subtype:  #bas_relief__basrelief__low_relief__lowrelief__basso_relievo__bassorelievo__basso_rilievo__bassorilievo  a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background; no figures are undercut
           subtype:  #mezzo-relievo__mezzorelievo__mezzo-rilievo__mezzorilievo__half-relief  a sculptural relief between low relief and high relief
        subtype:  #stabile  a sculpture having fixed units (usually constructed of sheet metal) and attached to a fixed support
        subtype:  #statue  a sculpture representing a human or animal
           subtype:  #sphinx  one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians
           subtype:  #Statue_of_Liberty  a large monumental statue symbolizing liberty on Liberty Island in New York Harbor
  subtype:  #triptych  art consisting of a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on three panels (usually hinged together)
  subtype:  #work_of_art  art that is a product of one of the fine arts (especially a painting or sculpture of artistic merit)
     subtype:  #magnum_opus  a great work of art or literature
     subtype:  #objet_d'art__objetd'art  an work of art of some artistic value
        subtype:  #virtu  objet d'art collectively (especially fine antiques)
     subtype:  #pastiche  a work of art that imitates the style of some previous work
     subtype:  #period_piece  any work of art whose special value lies in its evocation of a historical period
     subtype:  #warhorse.work_of_art  a work of art (composition or drama) that is part of the standard repertory but has become hackneyed from much repetition
  subtype:  #dance  an artistic form of nonverbal communication
     subtype:  #choreography.dance  the representation of dancing by symbols as music is represented by notes
  subtype:  #music  an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
     subtype:  #monody__monophonic_music  music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment)
     subtype:  #polyphony__polyphonicmusic__concerted_music__concertedmusic  music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments
        subtype:  #counterpoint  a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies
     subtype:  #polytonality__polytonalism  music that uses two or more different keys at the same time
     subtype:  #popularism  music adapted to the understanding and taste of the majority
     subtype:  #musical_harmony__musicalharmony__harmony  the structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords
        subtype:  #harmonisation__harmonization  a piece of harmonized music
           subtype:  #reharmonization__reharmonisation  a piece of music whose original harmony has been revised
        subtype:  #four-part_harmony  harmony in which each chord has four notes that create four melodic lines
        subtype:  #resolution.musical_harmony  a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord
     subtype:  #tune__melody__air__strain__melodic_line__melodicline__line__melodic_phrase__melodicphrase  a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
        subtype:  #fanfare__flourish  a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare"
        subtype:  #glissando  a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale
           subtype:  #swoop.glissando__slide  rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"
        subtype:  #leitmotiv__leitmotif  a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas)
        subtype:  #theme_song__themesong  a melody that recurs and comes to represent a musical play or movie
        subtype:  #signature_tune__signaturetune__signature__theme_song__themesong  a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program
        subtype:  #melodic_theme__melodictheme__theme__musical_theme__musicaltheme__idea  melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"
           subtype:  #motive__motif  a theme that is elaborated on in a piece of music
              subtype:  #obligato__obbligato  a persistent but subordinate motif
           subtype:  #statement.melodic_theme  (music) the presentation of a musical theme; "the initial statement of the sonata"
           subtype:  #variation.melodic_theme  a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
        subtype:  #part.tune__voice  the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part"
           subtype:  #primo  the principal part of a duet (especially a piano duet)
           subtype:  #secondo  the second or lower part of a duet (especially a piano duet)
           subtype:  #voice_part__voicepart  a part written for a singer
              subtype:  #canto.voice_part  the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music
           subtype:  #musical_accompaniment__musicalaccompaniment__accompaniment__support  a subordinate musical part; provides background for more important parts
              subtype:  #descant  a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
              subtype:  #vamp.musical_accompaniment  an improvised musical accompaniment
           subtype:  #bass_part__bass  the lowest part in polyphonic music
              subtype:  #ground_bass  a short melody in the bass that is constantly repeated
              subtype:  #thorough_bass__basso_continuo__bassocontinuo  a bass part written out in full and accompanied by figures for successive chords
              subtype:  #figured_bass  a bass part in which the notes have numbers under them to indicate the chords to be played
     subtype:  #part_music  vocal music for several voices in independent parts (usually performed without accompaniment)
        subtype:  #homophony  part music with one dominant voice (in a homophonic style)
     subtype:  #prelude  music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera
        subtype:  #chorale_prelude__choraleprelude  a composition for organ using a chorale as a basis for variations
     subtype:  #overture  orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
     subtype:  #antiphony  alternate (responsive) singing by a choir in two parts
     subtype:  #refrain__chorus  the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers
        subtype:  #tra-la-la__tra-la__trala  a set of nonsensical syllables used while humming a refrain
     subtype:  #ballet  music written for a ballet
     subtype:  #serialism__serialmusic  20th century music that uses of a definite order of notes as a thematic basis for a musical composition
        subtype:  #twelve-tone_music  a type of serial music introduced by Arnold Schoenberg; uses a tone row formed by the twelve semitones of the chromatic scale (and inverted or backward versions of the row)
     subtype:  #music_genre__musicgenre__musical_genre__musicalgenre__genre__musical_style__musicalstyle  an expressive style of music
        subtype:  #black_music__blackmusic__African-American_music  music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses
           subtype:  #blues__blue  a type of folk song that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes
              subtype:  #boogie-woogie__boogie  an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
           subtype:  #soul.gospel_singing  a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s; "soul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement"
           subtype:  #rap_music__rapmusic__rap  genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged
           subtype:  #rhythm_and_blues__R_and_B  a combination of blues and jazz that was developed in the United States by Black musicians; an important precursor of rock 'n' roll
        subtype:  #classical_music__classicalmusic__serious_music__seriousmusic  traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste
           subtype:  #chamber_music__chambermusic  serious music performed by a small group of musicians
           subtype:  #opera  a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
              subtype:  #comic_opera__opera_bouffe__operabouffe__opera_comique__operacomique  opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken
                 subtype:  #operetta__light_opera__lightopera  a short amusing opera
              subtype:  #grand_opera__grandopera  opera in which all the text is sung
              subtype:  #musical_drama__musicaldrama  opera in which the musical and dramatic elements are equally important; the music is appropriate to the action
           subtype:  #cantata__oratorio  a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
           subtype:  #concerto  a composition for orchestra and a soloist
              subtype:  #concerto_grosso  a baroque composition for orchestra and a group of solo instruments
           subtype:  #fugue  a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement
           subtype:  #rondo__rondeau  a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata
           subtype:  #sonata  a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms
              subtype:  #piano_sonata__pianosonata  a sonata for piano
              subtype:  #symphony__symphonic_music__symphonicmusic  a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra
        subtype:  #religious_music__religiousmusic__church_music  genre of music composed for performance as part of religious ceremonies
           subtype:  #antiphon__antiphony  a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response
              subtype:  #gradual  (Roman Catholic) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass
           subtype:  #Mass.religious_music__mas  a musical setting for a Mass
              subtype:  #Requiem.Mass__requiem  a musical setting for a Mass celebrating the dead
           subtype:  #processional__prosodion  religious music used in a procession
           subtype:  #antiphonary__antiphonal  bound collection of antiphons
           subtype:  #religious_song__religioussong  religious music for singing
              subtype:  #chant  a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
                 subtype:  #Hallel  (Judaism) a chant of praise (Psalms 113 through 118) used at Passover and Shabuoth and Sukkoth and Hanukkah and Rosh Hodesh
                 subtype:  #Hare_Krishna  a chant to the Hindu god Krishna
                 subtype:  #plainsong__plainchant__Gregorian_chant  a liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church
                    subtype:  #cantus_firmus  a melody used as the basis for a polyphonic composition
              subtype:  #Negro_spiritual__spiritual  a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States
              subtype:  #Christmas_carol__christmascarol__carol  joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ
              subtype:  #hymn__anthem  a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
                 subtype:  #dithyramb.hymn  (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus)
                 subtype:  #doxology  a hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God
                 subtype:  #chorale__choral  a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune
                 subtype:  #canticle  a hymn derived from the Bible
                    subtype:  #Magnificat  the canticle of the Virgin Mary (from Luke 1:46 beginning "Magnificat anima mea Dominum")
                 subtype:  #Dies_Irae  the first words of a medieval Latin hymn describing the Last Judgment (literally "day of wrath")
                 subtype:  #Internationale  a revolutionary socialist anthem
                 subtype:  #paean  a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity)
                 subtype:  #recessional  a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw
                 subtype:  #Te_Deum__tedeum  an ancient liturgical hymn
                 subtype:  #national_anthem  a song formally adopted as the anthem for a nation
                    subtype:  #Marseillaise  the French national anthem
                    subtype:  #Star-Spangled_Banner  a poem written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812 was set to music and adopted by Congress in 1931 as the national anthem of the United States
        subtype:  #marching_music__march  genre of music written for marching; "Sousa wrote the best marches"
           subtype:  #military_march__military_music__martial_music__martialmusic  brisk marching music suitable for troops marching in a military parade
              subtype:  #quickstep.military_march  military march accompanying quick time
              subtype:  #pibroch  martial music with variations;to be played by the Scottish Highlands bagpipe
           subtype:  #processional_march__recessional_march__recessionalmarch  a march to be played for processions
              subtype:  #funeral_march__funeralmarch__dead_march  a slow march to be played for funeral processions
              subtype:  #wedding_march__weddingmarch  a march to be played for a wedding procession
        subtype:  #popular_music_genre__popularmusicgenre__popular_music__popularmusic  any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)
           subtype:  #macumba.popular_music_genre  popular dance music of Brazil; derived from the practices of the macumba religious cult
           subtype:  #pop_music__popmusic__pop  music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love
           subtype:  #folk_music__ethnic_music__folk  the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
              subtype:  #folk_song__folk_ballad  a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture
                 subtype:  #blues__blue  a type of folk song that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes
              subtype:  #schottische.folk_music  music performed for dancing the schottische
              subtype:  #country_music__country_and_western__countryandwestern__C_and_W  a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments
                 subtype:  #bluegrass__bluegras  a type of country music played at a rapid tempo on banjos and guitars
                 subtype:  #hillbilly_music__hillbillymusic  country music originating in mountainous regions of southern United States
                 subtype:  #zydeco  music of southern Louisiana that combines French dance melodies with Caribbean music and blues
              subtype:  #gospel_singing__gospel  a genre of a capella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response; influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul)
                 subtype:  #doo-wop__doowop  a genre (usually a capella) of Black vocal-harmony music of the 1950s that evolved in New York City from gospel singing; characterized by close four-part harmonies; the name derived from some of the nonsense syllables sung by the back-up vocalists
                 subtype:  #soul.gospel_singing  a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s; "soul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement"
              subtype:  #square-dance_music  music performed for square dancing
           subtype:  #dance_music__dancemusic__danceroom_music__danceroommusic__ballroom_music  a genre of popular music composed for ballroom dancing
              subtype:  #beguine.dance_music  music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance
              subtype:  #bolero.dance_music  music written in the rhythm of the bolero dance
              subtype:  #carioca.dance_music  music composed for dancing the carioca
              subtype:  #conga.dance_music  music composed for dancing the conga
              subtype:  #gavotte.dance_music  music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte
              subtype:  #hornpipe.dance_music  music for dancing the hornpipe
              subtype:  #jig.dance_music  music in three-four time for dancing a jig
              subtype:  #landler.dance_music  music in triple time for dancing the landler
              subtype:  #mazurka.dance_music  music composed for dancing the mazurka
              subtype:  #minuet.dance_music  a stately piece of music composed for dancing the minuet; often incorporated into a sonata or suite
              subtype:  #paso_doble.dance_music__pasodoble  music in march time composed for dancing the paso doble; often played a bull fights
              subtype:  #pavan__pavane  music composed for dancing the pavane
              subtype:  #polka.dance_music  music performed for dancing the polka
              subtype:  #quadrille.dance_music  music for dancing the quadrille
              subtype:  #reel.dance_music  music composed for dancing a reel
              subtype:  #rhumba__rumba  syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba
              subtype:  #samba.dance_music  music composed for dancing the samba
              subtype:  #saraband.dance_music  music composed for dancing the saraband
              subtype:  #tango.dance_music  music written in duple time for dancing the tango
              subtype:  #tarantella  music composed in six-eight time for dancing the tarantella
              subtype:  #waltz  music composed in triple time for waltzing
              subtype:  #ragtime  music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
              subtype:  #jazz.dance_music  a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands
              subtype:  #kwela  a kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans; includes a whistle among its instruments
           subtype:  #jazz  a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
              subtype:  #bop__bebop  an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)
              subtype:  #boogie-woogie__boogie  an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
              subtype:  #cool_jazz  jazz that is restrained and fluid and marked by intricate harmonic structures often lagging slightly behind the beat
              subtype:  #hot_jazz__hotjazz  jazz that is emotionally charged and intense and marked by strong rhythms and improvisation
              subtype:  #modern_jazz__new_jazz__newjazz__neo_jazz__neojazz  any of various styles of jazz that appeared after 1940
              subtype:  #trad  (British) traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s
              subtype:  #swing_music__swingmusic__swing__jive  a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
           subtype:  #rap_music__rapmusic__rap  genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged
           subtype:  #rhythm_and_blues__R_and_B  a combination of blues and jazz that was developed in the United States by Black musicians; an important precursor of rock 'n' roll
           subtype:  #rockabilly  a fusion of black music and country music that was popular in the 1950s; sometimes described as blues with a country beat
           subtype:  #rock_'n'_roll__rock'n'roll__rockandroll__rockandroll__rock_music  a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of Black rhythm-and-blues with White country-and-western; "rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll."
              subtype:  #progressive_rock__progressiverock__artrock  a style of rock music that emerged in the 1970s; associated with attempts to combine rock with jazz and other forms; intended for listening and not dancing
              subtype:  #psychedlic_rock__acid_rock  a musical style that emerged in the mid-1960s; rock music inspired by or related to drug-induced experience
              subtype:  #punk_rock__punk  rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock
           subtype:  #reggae  popular music originating in the West Indies; repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar
           subtype:  #skiffle  (British) a style of popular music in the 1950s; based on American folk music and played on guitars and improvised percussion instruments
     subtype:  #Bach  the music of Bach; "he played Bach on the organ"
     subtype:  #Beethoven  the music of Beethoven; "he enjoyed Beethoven most of all
     subtype:  #Brahms  the music of Brahms; "Brahms was included in the program"
     subtype:  #Chopin  the music of Chopin; "he practiced Chopin day and night"
     subtype:  #Gilbert_and_Sullivan  the music of Gilbert and Sullivan; "he could sing all of Gilbert and Sullivan"
     subtype:  #Handel  the music of Handel
     subtype:  #Haydn  the music of Haydn
     subtype:  #Mozart  the music of Mozart; "the concert was mostly Mozart"
     subtype:  #Stravinsky  the music of Stravinsky; "Stravinsky no longer causes riots in the streets"
     subtype:  #Wagner  the music of Wagner; "they say that Hitler listened only to Wagner"

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