Song forms Song forms An aria ( Italian for air; plural: arie or arias in common usage) in music was originally any expressive melody, usually, but not always, performed by a singer. It is now used almost exclusively to describe a self contained piece for one voice usually with orchestral accompaniment. Perhaps the most common context for arias is opera; there are also many arias that form movements of oratorios and cantatas. Composers also wrote "concert arias", not part of any larger work, such as "Ah Perfido" by Beethoven and a number of concert arias by Mozart. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aria"
An aubade is a poem or song of or about lovers separating at dawn. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aubade"
A ballad is a story in a song, usually a narrative song or poem. It is a rhythmic saga of a past affair, which may be heroic, romantic or satirical, political (affected by the previous three types mentioned, refers to either glorifying the exploits or causes of a particular leader or group, and is typical of totalitarian political systems), almost inevitably catastrophic, which is related in the third person, usually with foreshortened alternating four- and three-stress lines ('ballad meter') and simple repeating rhymes, and often with a refrain. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ballad"
A carol is a festive song, generally religious but not necessarily connected with church worship, and often with a dance-like or popular character. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carol (music)"
:This article is on the musical term. For the album by Barb Jungr, see Chanson: The Space In Between ...more on Wikipedia about "Chanson"
A devotional song is a hymn which accompanies Christian religious rituals. ...more on Wikipedia about "Devotional"
The frottola was the predominant type of Italian popular, secular song of the fifteenth and early sixteenth century. It was the most important and widespread predecessor to the madrigal. The peak of activity in composition of frottolas was the period from 1470 to 1530, at which time the form was replaced by the madrigal. ...more on Wikipedia about "Frottola"
Gregorian chant is also known as plainchant or plainsong and is a form of monophonic, unaccompanied singing, which was developed in the Catholic church, mainly during the period 800- 1000. It takes its name from Pope St. Gregory the Great, who is believed to have brought it to the West based on Eastern models of Byzantine chant. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gregorian chant"
A hymn is a song specifically written as a song of praise, adoration or prayer, typically addressed to a god. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hymn"
A lament or dirge is a song or poem expressing grief or regret. Many of the oldest and most lasting poems in human history have been laments. Laments are present in both the Iliad and the Odyssey, in the Hindu Vedas, and in ancient Near Eastern religious texts, including the Mesopotamian city laments such as the Lament for Ur and the Jewish Tanakh (or Old Testament). ...more on Wikipedia about "Lament"
Laude (singular: lauda, or lauda spirituale) is the most important form of vernacular sacred song in Italy in the late medieval era and Renaissance. It remained popular into the nineteenth century. ...more on Wikipedia about "Laude"
A lullaby is a soothing song sung to children before they go to sleep. The idea is that the song sung by a familiar voice will lull the child to sleep. Lullabies written by established classical composers are sometimes called Berceuse, which is a French word for lullaby, or cradle song. A famous berceuse is Frédéric Chopin's berceuse for solo piano, opus 57. Perhaps the most famous berceuse of all time (though it is called a lullaby) is Brahms' song Wiegenlied. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lullaby"
A madrigal is a setting for 4–6 voices of a secular text, often in Italian. The madrigal has its origins in the frottola, and was also influenced by the motet and the French chanson of the Renaissance. It is related mostly by name alone to the Italian trecento-madrigal of the late 13th and 14th centuries; those madrigals were settings for 2 or 3 voices without accompaniment, or with instruments possibly doubling the vocal lines. ...more on Wikipedia about "Madrigal (music)"
Broadly speaking, plainsong is the name given to the body of traditional songs used in the liturgies of the Catholic Church. The liturgies of the Orthodox Church, though in many ways similar, are generally not classified as plainsong, though the musical form is nearly as old as Christendom itself. ...more on Wikipedia about "Plainsong"
Recitative, a form of composition often used in operas, oratorios, cantatas and similar works, is described as a melodic speech set to music, or a descriptive narrative song in which the music follows the words. ...more on Wikipedia about "Recitative"
The Tagelied (dawn song) is a particular form of mediaeval lyric, taken and adapted from the Provençal troubadour tradition (in which it was known as the alba) by the German Minnesinger. Often in three verses, it depicts the separation of two lovers at the break of day. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tagelied"
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