FINE ARTS III

The Word's The Thing

Specialized Vocabulary

Dr. Louis D. Appel

The answer to each clue will be a word related to art, music, dance, or theater.

1. Muse of Music

2. Muse of Dance

3. Dancing, formally 

4. The conductor's stand

5. Actor or actress, formally

6. The conductor's stick or rod

7. The Virgin Mary in paintings

8. Music for a small group of instruments

9. Role of a young, innocent, guile-less girl 

10. Half-steps above and below musical notes

11. An artistic, dramatic, or musical interpretation

12. An eminent conductor, composer, or performer

13. An artist who lives in an unconventional manner 

14. The effect of distance upon the appearance of objects

15. A school devoted to music education and performance. 

16. Different songs or pieces arranged to flow into each other

17. A sequence of steps and movements in dance, especially ballet 

18. A sustained speech given by an actor or actress while alone on stage

19. An abstract composition of mixed, flat objects pasted together on a surface

20. Actor or actress prepared to take the place of another in a given role, if necessary

21. Musical pieces, song, plays, etc. that a performer or company is prepared to perform

22. The print produced by through the use of a flat stone or plate on which a drawing has been made

Answers: 

 

1. Euterpe

2. Terpsichore

3. Orchesis

4. Podium

5. Thespian

6. Baton

7. Madonna

8. Chamber

9. Ingenue

10. Sharps and flats

11. Rendition

12. Maestro

13. Bohemian

14. Perspective

15. Conservatory

16. Medley

17. Choreography

18. Soliloquy

19. Collage

20. Understudy

21. Repertoire

22. Lithograph