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This is a list of some poems that have been subsequently set to music.In the classical music tradition, this type of setting may be referred to as an art song.A poem set to music in the German language is called a lied, or in the French language, a Mélodie.
"The Nature of the Beast" Every Trick in the Book: Ice Nine Kills: Animal Farm: George Orwell [153] [38] [39] "The Necromancer" Caress of Steel: Rush: The Hobbit: J. R. R. Tolkien [50] "Nescio" Omsk: Nits: De uitvreter: Nescio: Song is mainly inspired by the novella's ending, when protagonist Japi jumps off the Waalbrug. In the song, however ...
Pages in category "Musical settings of poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The poems were written by Helmina von Chézy (1), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2, 4), Joseph von Eichendorff (3, 6), and Ludwig Uhland (5), treated with freedom at times. [1] Their themes are often Spring and Nature. Mendelssohn expanded some songs by a coda, others are through-composed. No. 3, "Abschied vom Walde", is in simple strophic form ...
Sung poetry is a broad and imprecise music genre widespread in European countries, such as Poland and the Baltic States especially Poland and Lithuania, to describe songs consisting of a poem (most often a ballad) and music written especially for that text. The compositions usually feature a delicate melody and scarce musical background, often ...
Les préludes is the final revision of an overture initially written for a choral cycle Les quatre élémens (The Four Elements, 1844–48), on 4 poems by the French author Joseph Autran: La Terre (The Earth), Les Aquilons (The north Winds), Les Flots (The Waves), Les Astres (The Stars).
An example of this is The Ring and the Book by Robert Browning. In terms of narrative poetry, romance is a narrative poem that tells a story of chivalry. Examples include the Romance of the Rose or Tennyson's Idylls of the King. Although those examples use medieval and Arthurian materials, romances may also tell stories from classical mythology.
The tone poems of Richard Strauss are noted as the high point of program music in the latter part of the 19th century, extending its boundaries and taking the concept of realism in music to an unprecedented level. In these works, he widened the expressive range of music while depicting subjects many times thought unsuitable for musical depiction.