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Genres and styles whose names start with RU.

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Ruba'i

A rubāʿī (, from Arabic ; plural: ) or chahārgāna(e) () is a poem or a verse of a poem in Persian poetry (or its derivative in English and other languages) in the form of a quatrain, consisting of

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Rumba

The term rumba may refer to a variety of unrelated music styles. Originally, "rumba" was used as a synonym for "party" in northern Cuba, and by the late 19th century it was used to denote the complex

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Rumba flamenca

Rumba flamenca, also known as flamenco rumba or simply rumba (), is a palo (style) of flamenco music developed in Andalusia, Spain. It is known as one of the cantes de ida y vuelta (roundtrip songs),

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Runic song

Runic song, also referred to as Rune song, Runo song, or Kalevala song, is a form of oral poetry and national epic historically practiced among the Baltic Finnic peoples. It includes the Finnish epic

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Russ music

Russ music () is a subgenre of electronic dance music and a music scene which originated from Norway during the mid-2000s. Drawing inspiration from EDM, hip hop and techno. Russ music is

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Russian chanson

Russian chanson (; from French "chanson") is a neologism for a musical genre covering a range of Russian songs, including city romance songs, author song performed by singer-songwriters, and blatnaya

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Russian classical music

Russian classical music is a genre of classical music related to Russia's culture, people, or character. The 19th-century romantic period saw the largest development of this genre, with the emergence

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Russian folk music

Russian folk music specifically deals with the folk music traditions of the ethnic Russian people. Russian folk music is used as the basic foundation for the creation of all Russian professional

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Russian hip-hop

Russian hip hop refers to hip hop music recorded in Russia or in the Russian language in former Soviet states such as Ukraine, Belarus, Tatarstan and Kazakhstan. Hits by Russian rappers are included

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Russian jazz

Russian jazz refers to the development, influence, and performance of jazz music in Russia and the former Soviet Union. Though jazz is often considered a quintessentially American art form, it was

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Russian liturgical music

Russian Liturgical Music is the musical tradition of the Russian Orthodox Church. This tradition began with the importation of the Byzantine Empire's religious music when the Kievan Rus' converted to

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Russian opera

Russian opera is the art of opera in Russia. Operas by composers of Russian origin, written or staged outside of Russia, also belong to this category, as well as the operas of foreign composers

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Russian pop

Russian pop music is Russian language pop music produced in Russia, CIS countries, Baltic states, Central Asia and other foreign countries in which the songs are primarily performed in Russian

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Russian romance

Russian romance ( románs) is a type of sentimental art songs that was developed in the Russian Empire in 19th

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