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  2. Songs Without Words - Wikipedia

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    Songs Without Words (Lieder ohne Worte) is a series of short lyrical piano works by the Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn written between 1829 and 1845. His sister, Fanny Mendelssohn , and other composers also wrote pieces in the same genre.

  3. Song without words - Wikipedia

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    "Song Without Words" may refer to: Songs Without Words (German: Lieder ohne Worte), a series of short, lyrical piano pieces by the Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn, written between 1829 and 1845. Song Without Words, a 1937 wordless novel by American artist Lynd Ward

  4. I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)

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    Thompson's identity as the author of the poem was for many years unknown, even to Carmichael; he had been handed the poem anonymously at an event at Indiana University, and the poem only noted the author as "J.B.". Carmichael noted J.B.'s name in the song's sheet music as the author of the poem that inspired the lyrics, and asked for help to ...

  5. Non-lexical vocables in music - Wikipedia

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    Adriano Celentano's 1972 song "Prisencolinensinainciusol" is sung in gibberish that sounds as American English. Jack Black uses non-lexical vocables whilst singing as Tenacious D. "Da Da Da" by German group Trio uses the phrase "da da da" throughout the song. The chorus to the Simon and Garfunkel hit "The Boxer" contains the repeated phrase ...

  6. America the Beautiful - Wikipedia

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    "America the Beautiful" is a patriotic American song. Its lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates and its music was composed by church organist and choirmaster Samuel A. Ward at Grace Episcopal Church in Newark, New Jersey, [1] though the two never met. [2] Bates wrote the words as a poem, originally titled "Pikes Peak".

  7. Repetitive song - Wikipedia

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    Repetitive songs contain a large proportion of repeated words or phrases. Simple repetitive songs are common in many cultures as widely spread as the Caribbean, [1] Southern India [2] and Finland. [3] The best-known examples are probably children's songs. Other repetitive songs are found, for instance, in African-American culture from the days ...

  8. List of songs based on literary works - Wikipedia

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    Song is mainly inspired by the novella's ending, when protagonist Japi jumps off the Waalbrug. In the song, however, Japi does not drown but is implied to have ended up in Italy. [154] "Nice, Nice, Very Nice" Ambrosia: Ambrosia: Cat's Cradle: Kurt Vonnegut: Lyrics taken almost verbatim from the poem in chapter 2 (and the bridge from the one on ...

  9. List of songs based on poems - Wikipedia

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    An Appointment with Mr Yeats" by The Waterboys is an album of Yeats poems set to song. The poem "Down by the Salley Gardens" was based by Yeats on a fragment of a song he heard an old woman singing. Yeats' words have been recorded as a song by many performers. The song "A Bad Dream" by Keane is based on the poem "An Irish Airman Foresees His ...