MUSE 155 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Great American Songbook, George Gershwin, Strophic Form
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Can be accompanied instrumentally; found in every culture, time period and place: art song: a song written to be sung in recital, typically with piano accompaniment. Origins of european art song: medieval: similar to sacred style; harmonic scales polyphonic texture with voice or instruments dance rhythms performed by singer/songwriters. Early european song composed by goliards (monks): named by bishop golias wandering, homeless, renegade priests that composed satirical poetry; songs mocked the church. Troubadours: travelling poet singers who composed and performed songs for the courts of southern france. from southern france; developed several complex song forms. Raimbant de vaquieras: composer of kalinda maya creators of secular song. Both goliards and troubadours sang of courtly love: idealized love dedicated to a woman as the subject of songs. Chorus: in popular song, a section of music that repeats periodically. Through composed: a song form with new music for each strophe of the poem.
