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Cymbal
A large, round metal plate to be crashed together
David
A large marble statue made by Michaelangelo of the biblical king David.
Debussy, Claude
A French composer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his free rhymes and indefinite keys. Well known works are la met (the sea), and maiden with the flaxen hair.
Dilettante
Someone who is interested in the fine arts as a spectator, not as a serious practitioner… aka dabbler.
Disney, Walt
20th century showman and filmmaker
Dixieland
A kind of jazz originating in New Orleans in the early 20th century. The rhythms are usually rapid, and it generally includes many improvised sections for instrumental soil
Don Giovanni
An Italian opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Double bass
Aka bass viol
Down in the valley
American folksong
The drunken sailer
Song of the sea
Dylan, bob
A 20th century American folksinger and songwriter.
Eiffel Tower
Paris structure
Duke Ellington
20th century African American jazz composer, songwriter, and band leader
Empire State Building
Office building in NYC, >1,000 ft high
Expressionism
An artistic style that departed from realism and naturalism and seeks to convey inner experience by distorting rather than directly representing natural images