Song parodies

Post-Renaissance songs in which a new text has been substituted for the original without a significant change to the music. For vocal works from the Middle Ages or Renaissance in which a new text has been substituted for the original without a significant change to the music see [Contrafacta.] For compositions that distort or exaggerate features of another composition or a composer's works in general for humorous or satirical ends see [Musical parodies.]

found: Work cat: Broadway parody songs, July 1942page 1 of cover (parodies of You made me love you, There won't be a shortage of love...) page 4 of cover (parodies on songs old or new)

found: Airman's song book, 1967:title page (Airman's song book : being an anthology of squadron, concert party, training and camp songs, and song-parodies)

found: New Harvard dictionary of music, 1996:Parody (2: A work in which a new text has been substituted for the original, often without humorous intent. A work of this type from the Middle Ages or Renaissance is usually termed a contrafactum)

found: Grove music online, March 8, 2021:Weird Al Yankovic (his song parodies...are popular songs to which new, humorous lyrics are set; the stylistic parodies also employ humorous lyrics, but, instead of using actual songs, emulate the style of a popular artist)

Post-Renaissance songs in which a new text has been substituted for the original without a significant change to the music. For vocal works from the Middle Ages or Renaissance in which a new text has been substituted for the original without a significant change to the music see [Contrafacta.] For compositions that distort or exaggerate features of another composition or a composer's works in general for humorous or satirical ends see [Musical parodies.]