Songs without words (Instrumental music)
- 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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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)
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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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2007-02-02: new
2007-05-01: revised
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