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a short musical composition with words "a successful musical must have at least three good songs" a distinctive or characteristic sound "the song of bullets was in the air" "the song of the wind" "the wheels sang their song as the train rocketed ahead" the act of singing "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates" the characteristic sound produced by a bird "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age" a very small sum "he bought it for a song" the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279 noted for art and literature and philosophy
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otheruses A song is a relatively short musical musical composition composition for the human voice (possibly accompanied by other musical instruments), which features words (lyrics). It is typically for a solo singer, though may also be a duet, trio, or for more voices (works with more than one voice to a part, however, are considered choruschoral). The words of songs are typically of a poetrypoetic, rhymerhyming nature, although they may be religionreligious verses or free prose. Songs can be broadly divided into many different forms, depending on the criteria used. One division is between "art songs", "popular songs", and "folk musicfolk songs". Other common methods of classification are by purpose (sacred vs secular), by style (dance, ballad, Lieder, etc.) or by time of origin (Renaissance, Contemporary musicContemporary, etc). The performer of a song is called a "singer" or "vocalist", the act is called singing.
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Art songs - Art songs are songs created for performance in their own right, or for the purposes of a European upper class, usually with piano accompaniment, although they can also have other types of accompaniment such as an orchestra or string quartet, and are always notationnotated. Generally they have an identified author(s) and require voice training for acceptable performances. The German languageGerman word for song, "Lied" (plural: "Lieder"), is used in French languageFrench and English languageEnglish-speaking communitycommunities to refer to the serious art song, whereas in German-speaking communities the word "Kunstlied" (plural: "Kunstlieder") is used to distinguish art song from folk song ("Volkslied"). The lyrics are often written by a lyricist and the music separately by a composer. Art songs may be more form (music)formally complicated than popular or folk songs, though many early Lieder by the likes of Franz Schubert are in simple strophic form. They are often important to national identity.Art songs feature in many European cultures, including but not limited to: Russian languageRussian (romansy), Dutch languageDutch (lied), Italian languageItalian (canzoni), French languageFrench (mélodies), Scandinavian languageScandinavian (sånger), Spanish languageSpanish (canciones). Cultures outside of Europe may have what they consider to be a classical music tradition, such as India, and thus feature art songs.Of the romantic music era, the art song is considered one of the most distinctive music forms developed. The accompaniment of pieces of this period is considered as an important part of the composition. The art song of this period is often a duet in which the vocalist and accompanist share in interpretive importance. The pieces were most often written to be performed in a home setting although today the works enjoy popularity as concert pieces. The emergency of poetry during this era was much of what inspired the creation of these pieces by Brahms, Schumann, Schubert and other period composers. These composers set poems in their native language. Many works were inspired by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Heinrich Heine. An art song with a German text is often referred to as a Lied. The romantic art song was often reflective of the popular poetic notions of despair created by places, legends, nature or lost love. Some composers would interpret the poem literally and create music which imitated the music and imagery of the music. The vocal melody was created to reflect the form and emphasis of the poem. The mood of the piece would often be summarized in the closing piano section called a postlude. To reflect the stanzas of a poem, the composer could use strophic form to reuse music for each stanza. Another method would be to write new music for each stanza to create a unique form, this was through-composed form known in German as ''durchkomponiert''. A combination of both of these techniques in a single setting was called a modified strophic form. Often romantic art songs sharing similar elements were grouped as a song cycle. (Kamien, 217–18)
Popular songs - Popular songs are songs which may be considered in between art songs and folk songs. They are usually accompanied in performance and recording by a band (music)band. They are not anonymous in origin and have a known authors. They are often but not always notated by their author(s) or transcribed after recording and tend to be composed in collaboration more often than art songs, for instance by an entire band, though the lyrics are usually written by one person, usually the lead singer. Popular songs are often a part of individual and cultural, but seldom national, identity. Performers usually often have not undergone formal voice training but highly stylized vocal techniques are used. Many people consider songs in popular music to have in general simpler Song structure (popular music)structures than art songs, however, musicologists who are "both contemptuous and condescending of - popular music are looking for types of production, musical form, and listening which they associate with a different kind of music...'classical music'...and they generally find popular music lacking" (Middleton 1990, p.103).
Song structure or how a pop song is constructed - Popular songs almost always have a well defined Song structure (popular music)structure. The song is constructed using three to five individually distinct musical sections, which are then strung together to form the complete song. A structural analysis of a typical pop song is as follows: Introduction Verse Chorus Verse Chorus Bridge (music)Instrumental Bridge Repeat chorus to fadeThe above pop song structure is an extremely common way of building a modern pop song, including heavy metal musicheavy metal, rap, rock (music)rock songs and all other genres of pop songs. Some extremely musically simple song structures have songs which have only a single section which is repeated with slight modifications in order to sustain a listener's interest in the song.Pop songs also have rhyme schemerhyming schemes which are commonly used by lyricists. These are classified using capital letters of the English alphabet. For example, a song's verse section may have this rhyming scheme: ABAC ABAD. This means that the verse comprises of eight lines. Lines 1, 3, and 5 rhyme with each other. Also, lines 2 and 6 rhyme. Whereas lines 4 and 8 do not rhyme with any lines.
Folk songs - Folk songs are songs of often anonymous origin (or are public domain) that are transmitted orally. They are frequently a major aspect of national or cultural identity. Art songs often approach the status of folk songs when people forget who the author was. Folk songs are also frequently transmitted non-orally (that is, as sheet music), especially in the modern era. Folk songs exist in virtually if not every culture. For more on folk songs, see Folk music.For a list of influential songs, see:The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and RollThe Grammy Hall of Fame Award (also includes many albums)The annual Eurovision Song Contest includes a list of winners
Song forms - Anthem Aria and recitative (Opera) Ballad Cantata Carol (music)Carol Catch Chanson Chant Company song Folk musicFolk song Frottola Gregorian chant and plainsong Hymn Jingle Lament Laude Lied (plural: Lieder) Lullaby Madrigal (music)Madrigal Mass (music)Mass Oratorio Pibroch Popular musicPop songs Spiritual (music)Spiritual Work song Thirty-two-bar form Twelve bar blues
See also - Eurovision Song Contest Lyrics List of songs by name List of songs whose title includes personal names Commercium songs Sea shanty Song structure (popular music)
References - # Middleton, Richard (1990/2002). ''Studying Popular Music''. Philadelphia: Open University Press. ISBN 0335152759.# Kamien, Roger. ''Music : An Appreciation''. Mcgraw-Hill College; 3rd edition (August 1, 1997) ISBN 0070365210 wikiquote Category:Musical formsCategory:Songs !da:Sangde:Liedeo:Kantofr:Chans onio:Kansonoit:Canzonelb:Liddn l:Liedja:歌no:Sangpl:Piosenka ru:Песняsv:Sång
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CDizz - Making Music LOOK Better
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delamusic
the french music business directory with all the web label, artist, producer, media, concert, major company, tv, press, mp3, promoters...
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Edward Hines Music
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Ed Wynne; Saxophonist, Vocalist, Song Writer
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Textove.com - Bulgarian Music Lyrics!!!
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Davide Gullotto
Italian songwriter & producer
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Norbert Schneider - Website
Norbert Schneider is a famous guitarist, singer and songwriter from austria. Check out http://www.norbertschneider.at for all details about this nice guy! --- wurde 1979 in Wien geboren und ist seit seinem neunzehnten Lebensjahr hauptberuflich Musiker. Er zeichnet sich aus durch sein einzigartiges Gitarrenspiel, welches Elemente von Bill Jennings, Johnny Guitar Watson, Billy Butler, T-Bone Walker u.v.m. erkennen lässt. Trotz diesen Einflüssen fehlt es Norberts Spiel und seinem Gesang nie an Eigencharakter und Authentizität – er schreibt viele Stücke in seinem Repertoire selbst. Viel musikalische Erfahrung sammelte er bei Auftritten u.a. mit Louisiana Red, Big Jay McNeely, Rusty Zinn, Bernard Allison, Aaron Burton, Dana Gillespie und Sister Shirley Sydnor.
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Jenny Leigh Pianist, Composer, Vocalist
The official website for performing singer songwriter, Jenny Leigh, including lyrics, poetry, bio, photos, calendar, mailing list, notes, band, sound samples from her new cd and new songs.
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PLyrics.com - Punk Lyrics
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Country Dance and Song Society
National umbrella organization for English and Anglo-American folk dance and music. Includes contra dance, English Country Dance, and English Ritual Dance such as Morris. Recordings, books and dance paraphernalia for sale.
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Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE
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PBS Online
This Web site from the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) features companion Web sites for nearly 250 PBS programs and specials, as well as seven online neighborhoods that aggregate content by genre and interest.
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