Music genre
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| - | A '''music genre''' is a [[Categorization|category]] (or [[genre]]) of pieces of [[music]] that share a certain [[style]] or "basic musical language" ([[Peter van der Merwe]] 1989, p.3). Music may also be categorized by non-musical criteria such as [[country|geographical]] [[origin]], though a single geographical category will normally include a wide variety of sub-genres. A music genre (or subgenre) could be defined by the [[Musical technique|techniques]], the styles, the context and the themes (content, spirit).[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007] | + | A '''music genre''' is a [[Categorization|category]] (or [[genre]]) of pieces of [[music]] that share a certain [[style]] or "basic musical language" ([[Peter van der Merwe]] 1989, p.3). Music may also be categorized by non-musical criteria such as [[country|geographical]] [[origin]], though a single geographical category will normally include a wide variety of sub-genres. A music genre (or subgenre) could be defined by the [[Musical technique|techniques]], the styles, the context and the themes (content, spirit).{{GFDL}} |
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A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or "basic musical language" (Peter van der Merwe 1989, p.3). Music may also be categorized by non-musical criteria such as geographical origin, though a single geographical category will normally include a wide variety of sub-genres. A music genre (or subgenre) could be defined by the techniques, the styles, the context and the themes (content, spirit).
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