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lyric collapse: a short poem of songlike quality; the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language"; expressing deep personal emotion; "the dancer's lyrical performance"; used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume and modest in range; "a lyric soprano"; of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way); "lyric poetry"; relating to or being musical drama; "the lyric stage"; write lyrics for (a song)

exposition collapse: (music) the section of a movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes first occur; an account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a writing or discourse; "we would have understood the play better if there had been some initial exposition of the background"; a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic

suite collapse: apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel); a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected; a matching set of furniture

text collapse: the words of something written; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text"; the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.); "pictures made the text easier to understand"; a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon; "the preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon"

phrase collapse: dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence; an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence; a short musical passage; divide, combine, or mark into phrases; "phrase a musical passage"

rock collapse: pitching dangerously to one side; a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me"; (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable; "he was her rock during the crisis"; "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church"--Gospel According to Matthew; United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984); material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust; "that mountain is solid rock"; "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries"; move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet"; cause to move back and forth; "rock the cradle"; "rock the baby"; "the wind swayed the trees gently"

spiccato collapse: bowing in such a way that the bow bounces lightly off the strings

minim collapse: a United States liquid unit equal to 1/60 fluidram; a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 1/60th fluid dram or 0.059194 cubic centimeters

response collapse: a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister; a result; "this situation developed in response to events in Africa"

performance collapse: any recognized accomplishment; "they admired his performance under stress"; "when Roger Maris powered four home runs in one game his performance merits awe"; the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it; "they criticised his performance as mayor"; "experience generally improves performance"; the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment; "we congratulated him on his performance at the rehearsal"; "an inspired performance of Mozart's C minor concerto"; a dramatic or musical entertainment; "they listened to ten different performances"; "the play ran for 100 performances"; "the frequent performances of the symphony testify to its popularity"

burlesque collapse: a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease); relating to or characteristic of a burlesque; "burlesque theater"

logogram collapse: a single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation; "7 is a logogram that is pronounced `seven' in English and `nanatsu' in Japanese"

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