This style of setting is known as an art song in the classical music tradition. In German, a poem put to music is referred to as a "Lied," and in French, a "Mélodie." A "song cycle" is a collection of poems, generally by the same author, that are put to music to make a single piece. Many song cycles are based on religious texts, but others are written about historical figures or events.
In addition to being sung, poems can also be played on instruments such as piano, guitar, or violin. The term "opera" is often used to describe a musical work with spoken dialogue between characters. Although poems have been included in operas since their earliest days, this type of composition is now considered a separate form called "opera seria."
The first opera seria was Giuseppe Maria Cambini's La Finta Pazza (The Mad Woman) which was composed in 1740. It was a success with audiences and critics alike. After this point, many new types of operas began to appear including ones that were comic, tragic, or buffo (providing humorous scenes).
During this time period, poets were also writing lyrics for voices not intended for singing such as instrumental pieces. These songs were usually performed at private parties or during carnivals.
Any light, easy song, especially one with a sentimental or romantic tone, has two or more stanzas that are all sung to the same tune. A basic folk story poem written in short stanzas and designed for singing. Any poetry written in the same way A ballad's soundtrack of simple but harmonious melodies would have been enough to carry its message across.
Ballads are often based on true events. Many popular songs are actually adaptations of old poems or stories, sometimes called "ballads first." Some examples are "Tom Dooley" and "The Tear-Drop Report."
Other songs may be inspired by things that happened to people close to the singer/songwriter. For example, Bob Dylan wrote many songs about American civil rights activists including Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Songs about suffering children such as "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" and "Hush Little Baby," and love between two people "Love Bug," "Sweet Dreams (Of You)," etc. .
Some songs tell complete fictional stories without mentioning any real people. These are called "made up" songs. For example, "Sitting On Top Of The World" is a made up story about two lovers who sit together high above the world in a balloon. There was actually no such thing as a balloon at the time this song was written but it doesn't matter because it's a made up story that works perfectly well as is.
Poetry (from the Greek poiesis, "creating") is a type of writing that use the aesthetic and frequently rhythmic aspects of language—such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre—to evoke meanings in addition to, or instead of, the prosaic ostensible meaning. Poets often say that their work is an attempt to express something of importance's emotional significance.
In English literature, a poem is generally considered as a literary work that uses poetry's traditional elements, including rhyme, meter, and formal structure, to produce a sustained poetic effect. Although poems can be created in many forms, including sonnets, villanelles, and sestinas, they usually consist of lines of verse composed as a sequence, usually with a beginning, middle, and end. Some poets write free-form poetry, without following a strict pattern of form or content; others may choose to follow a specific form in order to achieve a particular effect. Many poems are written with the intention of being read aloud; others are written for silent reading.
In music, a poem is a structured sequence of words that creates a musical composition. In this context, a poem is typically distinguished from a song by its lack of a chorus. A poem set to music is known as a poemlet.
In film, poetry is used extensively as a method for conveying emotion in movies.
The ballad, such as the Ballad of the Harp Weaver, is another type of narrative poetry. Ballad poems have a song-like aspect to them and may easily be sung to a melody in addition to presenting a tale and having characters. Rhyming schemes and choruses are also frequent. The term "ballad" comes from the medieval French balade, which means "a short poem or song."
Bards were musicians and poets who traveled around Europe singing for their food like modern-day troubadours. They would stay at castles or noble homes, entertain guests with their music and poetry, and over time gained influence over those they met. During the 11th century, men began writing down these songs and poems they had heard bards sing or play during their travels. Thus, we get the term "narrative poem," which refers to both the story itself and the form of its presentation - i.e., using words to tell an audience about events in someone else's life.
We know today that many ancient stories were actually sung as songs. The Egyptians, for example, sang poems called chants to music made from flutes, drums, pipes, and horns. These poems were used by priests as prayers and invocations during ceremonies and rituals.
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