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Art songs have been composed in many languages, and are known by several names. The German tradition of art song composition is perhaps the most prominent one; it is known as Lieder. In France, the term mélodie distinguishes art songs from other French vocal pieces referred to as chansons.
24 cze 2023 · In English, they get the rather grandiose title of ‘art song’, to distinguish them from popular vocal music and folksong. In German, they’re known as lieder. In French they’re mélodies.
What is Lieder or Art Song? Lieder is the German word for ‘Songs’, but we use this word in English when referring to a special type of song which we call, ‘Art Songs’. Art Songs, as the name suggests, are songs that paint a picture in your imagination and tell a story.
The composition of art song in England and English-speaking countries has a long history, beginning with lute song in the late 16th century and continuing today. English Art song in the 17th Century. Henry Purcell. The composition of polyphonic music was at its peak in the late 16th century.
25 paź 2015 · Baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, by far the most praised exponent of the art of lieder, adds levels of emotional shading through his careful attention to the texts, and includes in this program a set of songs (Op. 83) setting poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, whose work was important in raising the quality of texts used in lieder.
8 maj 2020 · Traditionally, art song is scored for voice and piano, but music genre rules have never been set in stone, especially during the experimental Romantic period. One early Lied-scoring exception is Schubert’s “Der Hirt auf dem Felsen “ D.965 (The Shepherd on the Rock), which is scored for voice, piano, and clarinet.
Up to this point, I have only discussed German art songs, called lieder. Germany has produced several prolific composers: Franz Schubert, for instance, composed over 600 lieder. Robert Schumann, Hugo Wolf, Johannes Brahms, and Richard Strauss are other remarkable composers.
