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Songs

LC control no.sh 85125040
Topical headingSongs
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Variant(s)Arias
Ariettas
Art songs
Lieder
Solo songs
Solo vocal music, Secular
Songs with various acc.
See alsosubdivision Songs and music under names of persons, corporate bodies, places, classes of persons, ethnic groups, wars, and topical headings for collections or single works of vocal or instrumental music about the topic or entity named; and subdivision Music under ethnic groups for music of the group
Lyric poetry
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Vocal music
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Recorded accompaniments (Voice)
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Scope noteHere are entered works for solo voice with secular texts. Works with sacred texts are entered under the heading Sacred songs. For works consisting of art songs, this heading is qualified as appropriate by voice range and specification of accompaniment, e.g. Songs (High voice) with piano; Songs with orchestra; Songs, Unaccompanied. For works consisting of songs of ethnic or national character this heading is qualified by the name of the language or language group and subdivided by place, e.g. Songs, French; Songs, English--United States; Songs, Slavic.
For works consisting of songs of an individual ethnic group, additional subject entries are made under the headings [ethnic group]--[place]--Music and Music--[place]. For works consisting of songs of a national group, additional subject entry is made under the heading Music--[place].
Subject example tracingNote under Sacred songs
Found inAm. heritage dict. (Lied, pl. Lieder: a German art song in the style of a ballad for solo voice and piano)