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  2. List of songs based on poems - Wikipedia

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    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. A group of poems, usually by the same poet, which are set to music to form a single work, is called a song cycle.

  3. Category:Songs based on poems - Wikipedia

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    Take This Waltz (song) Tales of Brave Ulysses; Temporary Like Achilles; Tetris (Doctor Spin song) This Love (Taylor Swift song) Tourniquet (Marilyn Manson song) Traum durch die Dämmerung; Trees (poem) Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star; Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano; Two Songs, 1916; Two Songs, 1917–18; Two Songs, 1920; Two Songs, 1928

  4. 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 ...

  5. Category:Music based on poems - Wikipedia

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    Music based on the Divine Comedy (2 C, 6 P) K. ... Music Through Heartsongs: Songs Based on the Poems of Mattie J.T. Stepanek; N. The Night Before Christmas (Dai)

  6. Musical setting - Wikipedia

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    The literary work is said to be set, or adapted, to music. Musical settings include choral music and other vocal music. [1] A musical setting is made to particular words, such as poems. [2] By contrast, a musical arrangement is a musical reconceptualization of a previously composed work, rather than a brand new piece of music. An arrangement ...

  7. Ballad - Wikipedia

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    A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and song of Great Britain and Ireland from the Late Middle Ages until the 19th century. They were widely used across Europe, and later in Australia, North Africa, North America and South America.

  8. 'I promised my father the world would hear our song' - AOL

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    Brian Teasdale, left, wrote poetry and music throughout his daughter's childhood [Family photographs] Life at home was not always easy, says Mrs Teasdale-Robson, who now lives in Newcastle.

  9. A Red, Red Rose - Wikipedia

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    A Red, Red Rose" is a 1794 song in Scots by Robert Burns based on traditional sources. The song is also referred to by the title "(Oh) My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose" and is often published as a poem. Many composers have set Burns' lyric to music, but it gained worldwide popularity set to the traditional tune "Low Down in the Broom"