COMPOSITIONAL GENRE - A compositional genre, or simply "genre", is a "type" or "kind" of composition having certain distinctive characteristics of music.

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Early music genre means kind
Early music genre means type
Early music genre found in Middle Ages
Early music genre found in Renaissance
Early music genre has example plainchant
Early music genre has example Early song
Early music genre has example madrigal
Early music genre has example fantasia
Early music genre has example suite
Early music genre is "type" or "kind" of Early Music
Early music genre is "type" or "kind" of composition