Part songs
From Library of Congress Subject Headings
Part songs
- Here are entered secular vocal chamber music works for solo voices or chorus, unaccompanied or with instruments, including collections and individual works in more than one language. Part songs in a single language are entered under the heading qualified by the language, e.g. [Part songs, English.]
- Part songs composed in a specific form are entered under the form, e.g. [Polyphonic chansons.]
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85098319
- info:lc/authorities/sh85098319
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85098319#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Part-songs
- Part songs, Secular
- Partsongs
- Secular part songs
Broader Terms
Narrower Terms
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Earlier Established Forms
- Part-songs
Sources
- found: New Grove, 2nd ed. WWW site, Oct. 12, 2001 (partsong)
- found: Music index WWW site, Oct. 12, 2001 (part song)
- found: RILM abstracts of music literature via FirstSearch, Oct. 12, 2001 (part song)
- found: New Harvard dict. music (part song: 1. An unaccompanied secular choral work of relatively modest length; 2. Any unaccompanied secular vocal work)
- found: Oxf. companion to music (part song)
- found: Baker's dict. of music (part song)
- found: Web. 3 (part-song)
- found: Amer. heritage dict., 3rd ed. (part song)
- found: New Grove dict. of music online, Mar. 22, 2002: partsong (a piece of music in two or more voice-parts without independent accompaniment. In theory, the term encompasses forms such as the glee, madrigal and unaccompanied anthem; in practice, usually refers to small-scale secular pieces for unaccompanied choral singing; no precise definition is possible.)
LC Classification
General Notes
- Here are entered secular vocal chamber music works for solo voices or chorus, unaccompanied or with instruments, including collections and individual works in more than one language. Part songs in a single language are entered under the heading qualified by the language, e.g. [Part songs, English.]
- Part songs composed in a specific form are entered under the form, e.g. [Polyphonic chansons.]
Change Notes
- 2001-10-12: new
- 2003-12-15: revised
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