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  2. Wikipedia:Naming conventions (music) - Wikipedia

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    This page contains naming conventions for music-related articles, covering both classical musical works and popular bands, albums and songs. The first step for disambiguating classical compositions is rather a reference to their composer, while popular music is rather disambiguated by a type qualifier.

  3. Song - Wikipedia

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    Art songs require strong vocal technique, an understanding of language, diction, and poetry for interpretation. Though such singers may also perform popular or folk songs on their programs, these characteristics and the use of poetry are what distinguish art songs from popular songs.

  4. Hymn tune - Wikipedia

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    The practice of naming hymn tunes developed to help identify a particular tune. The name was chosen by the compiler of the tune book or hymnal or by the composer. The majority of names have a connection with the composer and many are place names, such as Aberystwyth or Down Ampney.

  5. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Music

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    The names of concert tours are not formatted beyond ordinary capitalization. Per the overall MOS guidance to use logical quotation, punctuation should be placed outside the quotation marks (title formatting) of songs: Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited album includes the songs "Like a Rolling Stone", "Ballad of a Thin Man", and "Desolation Row".

  6. Musical note - Wikipedia

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    The following chart lists names used in different countries for the 12 pitch classes of a chromatic scale built on C. Their corresponding symbols are in parentheses. Differences between German and English notation are highlighted in bold typeface. Although the English and Dutch names are different, the corresponding symbols are identical.

  7. Art song - Wikipedia

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    Art songs have been composed in many languages, and are known by several names. The German tradition of art song composition is perhaps the most prominent one; it is known as Lieder. In France, the term mélodie distinguishes art songs from other French vocal pieces referred to as chansons.

  8. Category:Songs by genre - Wikipedia

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    This category is for groups of songs that share stylistic characteristics with each other. For songs that share topic with each other, see Category:Songs by theme. Individual songs should not go into this category. They should be put into their appropriate genre subcategories.

  9. Chanson - Wikipedia

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    This includes the songs of chansonnier, chanson de geste and Grand chant; court songs of the late Renaissance and early Baroque music periods, air de cour; popular songs from the 17th to 19th century, bergerette, brunette, chanson pour boire, pastourelle, and vaudeville; art song of the romantic era, mélodie; and folk music, chanson populaire ...