Songs
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Scope of this subject
Here are entered works for solo voice with secular texts. Works with sacred texts are entered under the heading [Sacred songs.] For works consisting of art songs, this heading is qualified as appropriate by voice range and specification of accompaniment, e.g. [Songs (High voice) with piano; Songs with orchestra; Songs, Unaccompanied.] For works consisting of songs of ethnic or national character this heading is qualified by the name of the language or language group and subdivided by place, e.g. [Songs, French; Songs, English--United States; Songs, Slavic.] For works consisting of songs of an individual ethnic group, additional subject entries are made under the headings [[ethnic group]--[place]--Music and Music--[place].] For works consisting of songs of a national group, additional subject entry is made under the heading [Music--[place].]
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Names and connections
Arias; Ariettas; Art songs; Lieder; Solo songs; Solo vocal music, Secular; Songs with various acc.
- Broader: Lyric poetry
- Broader: Vocal music
- Narrower: Ballads
- Narrower: Bawdy songs
- Narrower: Camp songs
- Narrower: Campaign songs
- Narrower: Carnival songs
- Narrower: Children's songs
- Narrower: Cumulative songs
- Narrower: Death songs
- Narrower: Drinking songs
- Narrower: Enumerative songs
- Narrower: Erotic songs
- Narrower: Folias (Music)
- Narrower: Folk songs
- Narrower: Humorous songs
- Narrower: Hunting songs
- Narrower: Jazz vocals
- Narrower: Kāfī
- Narrower: Love songs
- Narrower: Lullabies
- Narrower: Marching songs
- Narrower: National songs
- Narrower: Political ballads and songs
- Narrower: Prisoners' songs
- Narrower: Protest songs
- Narrower: Revolutionary ballads and songs
- Narrower: Rune songs
- Narrower: Sacred songs
- Narrower: Satirical songs
- Narrower: Sea songs
- Narrower: Shepherds' songs
- Narrower: Solo cantatas
- Narrower: Solo cantatas, Secular
- Narrower: Song cycles
- Narrower: Songbooks
- Narrower: Songsters
- Narrower: State songs
- Narrower: Students' songs
- Narrower: Topical songs
- Narrower: Vaudeville songs
- Narrower: Vocalises
Up to 40 narrower headings are shown. Full Library of Congress authority record
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Morton address: 10088133827186017856 · morton4x16-v1
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