Song

Song

In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing. A choral or vocal song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs. The lyrics (words) of songs are typically of a poetic, rhyming nature, though they may be religious verses or free prose.

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Famous quotes containing the word song:

    “My beloved is like a roe or a young hart:”
    —Bible: Hebrew The Song of Solomon (l. II, 9)

    “Writing, madam, ‘s a mechanic part of wit! A gentleman should never go beyond a song or a billet.”
    —George Etherege (1635–1691)

    “Sumer is icumen in,
    Lhude sing cuccu!
    Groweth sed, and bloweth med,
    And springth the wude nu--
    Sing cuccu!”
    —Anonymous. Cuckoo Song (c. 1250)