theatrical music
Songs for plays
Music composed or performed for dramatic productions—plays, musicals, operas, and similar staged works.
The term encompasses everything from orchestral scores to song-and-dance numbers, united by their function in supporting narrative and spectacle: The theatrical music swelled as the hero made his entrance.
It may also describe any music with dramatic, showy qualities.
- underscoringStressing for importance
- operaTheatrical art combining song
- leitmotifRecurring thematic phrase
- opening numberFirst performance piece
- orchestrationScoring for instrumental ensemble
pit orchestra · Broadway show · West End · revue · melodrama · overture · scene transitions · intermezzo · dramatic tension · emotional catharsis · sound effects · libretto · Andrew Lloyd Webber · showstopper · entr'acte · audience engagement · vaudeville · song and dance
theatrical musicsymphonic music
Large-scale orchestral compositions
chamber music · orchestral music · art music · church music · sacred music
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