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Definition of Songs
1. song [n] - See also: song
Lexicographical Neighbors of Songs
Literary usage of Songs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1911)
"Heart songs dear to the American people, and XIII to XVIII centuries: 100 songs
... Ditson. nix, FR Mastersinger: a collection of choruses and part songs. ..."
2. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1859)
"At their return to the universities, in 1815, there came into vogue a new and
loftier class of songs. Most of the previous student songs were disused, ..."
3. Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1902)
"songs and meditations. See Hewlett, M. songs and sonnets. Lovelace, R: bds. ...
songs in the night. Munroe, CM 75c. Earle. songs from Tennyson. Tennyson. ..."
4. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"Many districts have kept strictly to their own special songs ; and have jealously
excluded any outside influence or innovation. Such are the above-named ..."
5. The Cambridge History of American Literature by William Peterfield Trent (1921)
"There are English and Scottish traditional ballads and songs, and Irish and ...
There are songs of the tragic death of the true love, and dying messages and ..."
6. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"Dramatic songs for Soprano, Contralto, Tenor, and Bass Voices ; Four Books ...
Of the music that he wrote for songs probably the best known is that composed ..."
7. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Folk songs, American —Continued Folk-song in America—some recent publications.
HM Beiden. Mod bang Notes 34: 139-45 Mr '19 songs traditional in the United ..."