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An art song is a vocal music composition, usually written for one voice with piano accompaniment, and usually in the classical, art music tradition. By extension, the term "art song" is used to refer to the genre of such songs.〔Meister, ''An Introduction to the Art Song'', pp. 11-17.〕 An art song is most often a musical setting of an independent poem or text,〔 "intended for the concert repertory"〔''Art Song'', Grove Online〕 "as part of a recital or other relatively formal social occasion".〔Randel, ''Harvard Dictionary of Music'', p. 61〕 ==Characteristics== While many pieces of vocal music are easily recognized as art songs, others are more difficult to categorize. For example, a wordless vocalise written by a classical composer is sometimes considered an art song〔 and sometimes not.〔Kimball, ''Introduction'', p. xiii〕 Other factors help define art songs: *Songs that are part of a staged work (such as an opera or a musical) are not usually considered art songs.〔Kimball, p. xiv〕 However, some Baroque arias that "appear with great frequency in recital performance"〔 are now included in the art song repertoire. *Songs with instruments besides piano and/or other singers are referred to as "vocal chamber music", and are usually not considered art songs.〔Meister calls it "a variety of art song" (p. 13); Kimball does not include these works in her study(p. xiv)〕 *Songs originally written for voice and orchestra are called "orchestral songs" and are not usually considered art songs, unless their original version was for solo voice and piano.〔Meister, p. 14, and Kimball, p. xiv〕 *Folksongs are generally not considered art songs unless they are concert arrangements with piano accompaniment written by a specific composer〔Meister refers to them as a "hybrid medium", p. 14〕 Several examples of these songs include Aaron Copland's two volumes of Old American Songs, the Folksong arrangements by Benjamin Britten,〔Benjamin Britten, ''Complete Folksong Arrangements'' (61 Songs), edited by Richard Walters, Boosey & Hawkes #M051933747, ISBN 1423421566〕 and the ''Siete canciones populares españolas'' (''Seven Spanish Folksongs'') by Manuel de Falla. *There is no agreement regarding sacred songs. Many song settings of biblical or sacred texts were composed for the concert stage and not for religious services; these are widely known as art songs (for example, the Vier ernste Gesänge by Johannes Brahms). Others sacred songs may or may not be considered art songs.〔Neither Meister nor Kimball mention sacred songs generally, but both discuss the Brahms songs and selected other works in their books on art song.〕 *A group of art songs composed to be performed in a group to form a narrative or dramatic whole is called a song cycle. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Art song」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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