Genre
This article is about the genre concept in the arts; for the genre of depicting everyday scenes, see genre painting; for the insurance group, see Gen Re.
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The term genre ([ˈʒãrə] 
; French for "genre", plural: genres) is understood to be an expression or classification by which various expressions of art, film, literature and music, but also journalistic forms of presentation, are divided according to the spatial and temporal reference of the artistic or other content.
Music
For European music, details are given under Form Theory (Music) and Genre (Music). The music of other cultural areas can also be structured accordingly (e.g. for African-American music blues, jazz, gospel or rhythm and blues).
For a list of music genres, see also the category page Music genre.
