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Songs without words (Instrumental music)

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  • Here are entered instrumental compositions in song style. Compositions for one or two voices without text are entered under [Vocalises.]
  • This heading is assigned as a second heading for songs without words for a specific medium of performance, e.g. [1. Piano music. 2. Songs without words (Instrumental music).]

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  • Sources

    • found: Work cat.: 2006421621: Huber, A. Das Lied ohne Worte als kunstübergreifendes Experiment, 2006.
    • found: Grove music online WWW site, Feb. 2, 2007 (Song without words (Ger. Lied ohne Worte; Fr. chanson, chant (or romance) sans paroles): A short piece of a lyrical nature. It is thus like the romance, but unlike it in being confined to piano music. The German form of the term was invented by Mendelssohn)
    • found: Oxford English dict. WWW site, Feb. 2, 2007 (song without words: an instrumental composition in the style of a song (after Mendelssohn's title Lieder ohne Worte))
    • found: LC database, Feb. 2, 2007 (Song/Songs without words, Lied/Lieder ohne Worte, Chanson/Chant/Chants/Romance/Romances sans paroles, Canzoni/Romanza/Romanze senza parole, Pesni︠a︡/Pesni bez slov; used in titles of compositions for various instrumental and vocal mediums of performance)

  • General Notes

    • Here are entered instrumental compositions in song style. Compositions for one or two voices without text are entered under [Vocalises.]
    • This heading is assigned as a second heading for songs without words for a specific medium of performance, e.g. [1. Piano music. 2. Songs without words (Instrumental music).]

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    • Note under [Vocalises]

  • Change Notes

    • 2007-02-02: new
    • 2007-05-01: revised

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