WordMap Version 2.0 - HigherStudyAbroad

• the text or words of an opera or similar extended musical composition,
( ); Reducing a novel to a libretto is an act
of creative transformation, and the challenge differs with each work;
soprano = treble # bass
• (soprano)- the highest singing voice of a woman or young boy; She was
beautiful and talented and had an admirable mezzo-soprano voice. —
Musical Memories;
• (treble)- Music relating to or having the highest part, voice, or range;
• (bass)- a low-pitched sound or tone;
motif
• a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., esp. in a literary, artistic, or musical
work, ( ; / ); The religious motif is
strong in Janet's Repentance, and not to be mistaken by any attentive reader
who now for the first time takes up the story. — George Eliot; A Critical Study
of Her Life, Writings and Philosophy;
tempo
• Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such
terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome, (
); Tenderly sung with gentle harmonies and a bouncy upbeat
tempo ensures the album is worms a way into your heart;
warble
• to sing or whistle with trills, quavers, or melodic embellishments, ((
) ); Shakespeare does not warble, his notes
are not woodnotes, and they are not wild He was, moreover, a man of the sort
whose education--even book education--never ceases. — Platform
Monologues;
thespian
• pertaining to tragedy or to the dramatic art in general; Her success in the
school play convinced her she was designed for a thespian career;
thematic
• relating to a unifying motif or idea; In thematic novels the antagonist tends
to be a person, a character. — Ten Minutes, That's It;
trilogy
• a series or group of three plays, novels, operas, etc., that, although
individually complete, are closely related in theme, sequence, or the like,
( ,
prating gods. — Twilight in Italy;
); The third play of the trilogy is almost foolish, with its