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Terp (music industry jargon)
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Terp is music and dance industry jargon for "dance". Etymology The term is an eponym for Terpsichore, the Greek muse of dramatic chorus and dance.<ref name"Variety 2000 Feb 30" /><ref name"Billboard 1949 Oct 8" /> The term, still in use, was more common from the 1930s to the 1970s by dance professionals and music entertainment industry magazines, including Billboard, which uses the terms "terp" and "terpsichore" (lower case "t"), interchangeably. : herd churns out a highly palatable brand of terp tempi, equally appealing to the ear and toe.<ref name="Billboard 1949 Oct 8" /> : I wrote 'Terpsichore in Sneakers' during the years 1973-78.<ref name="Banes 1987" /> : known for torrid terpsichore; died Aug. 8, 1985.<ref name="Kukla 1991" /> |
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