LITERATURE

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MUSIC
GROUP 5 BSED-DAY

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LITERATURE
-the art of combining spoken or
written words and their meanings
into forms which have artistic and
emotional appeal

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1.Drama -or play, is a story recreated by
actors on a stage in front of an audience
2. Essay- This is non-fiction,
expository(descriptive or explanatory)
writing ranginf from informal,personal topics
to closely reasoned critical treatment of
important subjects.

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3. Prose Fiction
-includes narratives(stories) created by the
author as distinguished from true accounts.
-The word fiction comes from a Latin word
which means to "form", "to invent" or "to
feign".
-Fiction is generally divided into
novel,novelette, and short-story forms. A
novel or shprt story describes characters
and events which the author has invented.

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4. Poetry
-Is literature of highly expressive nature
using special forms and choice of words and
emotional images.
Two types:
Narrative(Story-Telling) poetry
epicsromancesballads
Lyric forms
sonnetodeelegysong

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5.Miscellaneous:
History,biography, letters, journals,diaries
and other works not formally classed as
literature often have definite literary appeal
and status due to the high quality of the
writing.

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MUSIC
-is the art of arranging sounds in
rhythmix succession and
generally in combination.
Common Forms: Song, March,
fugue,sonata,
suite,fanatasy,concerto, and
symphony.

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Three Groups of Musical
Compositions
1. Vocal Music-composed primarily to
be sung. The voice or voices are
generally accompanied by one or more
instruments

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2. Instrumental Music Music of its kind is written for
instruments of four general types
:1. Keyboard(piano, organ etc.)
2. Stringed (violin, cello, guitar, etc)
3. Wind( flute, clarinet, etc.)
4. Percussion (drums, xylophone)

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3. Music Combined with other arts
a. Opera

is a drama set to music.

b. Operatta and Musical Comedy

-is also drama set to music but is

light
popular,romantic and often
humurpus or comic.

-uses spoken dialogue instead of

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c. Oratorio and Cantata
-sacred musical drama in concert form.
-made up of recited parts, arias and
choruses with orchestral
accompaniment
-usually based on Biblical themes

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4. Other Forms
-ballet music
-background music for motion pictures.

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