Contains

• religious song

  Religious music for singing.

• language

  The text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with...

• partsong

  A song with two or more voice parts.

• ballad

  A narrative song with a recurrent refrain.

• folk song

  A song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their...

• serenade

  A song characteristically played outside the house of a woman.

• work song

  A usually rhythmical song to accompany repetitious work.

• refrain

  The part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers.

• anthem

  A song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school).

• aria

  An elaborate song for solo voice.

• lament

  A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.

• lied

  A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.

• love song

  A song about love or expressing love for another person.

• prothalamion

  A song in celebration of a marriage.

• lullaby

  A quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep.

• oldie

  A song that was formerly popular.

• roundelay

  A song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain.

• scolion

  A song (sometimes improvised) sung by guests at a banquet.

• torch song

  A popular song concerned with disappointment in love.

• barcarole

  A boating song sung by Venetian gondoliers.

• ditty

  A short simple song (or the words of a poem intended to be sung).

• drinking song

  A song celebrating the joys of drinking; sung at drinking parties.

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• songster

  A person who sings.

• songwriter

  A composer of words or music for popular songs.