An art song is a vocal music composition, usually written for one singer and often with piano accompaniment. The distinction between an art song and any other type of song (such as a folk song or aria) is that it is written purely for the sake of art, whether the composer's intention was beauty of sound, a philosophical statement, or simple contemplation. An art song can in any language, although English (as in Benjamin Britten's "The Salley Gardens") and German are perhaps the most common. The lieder of Franz Schubert are generally classified as art songs, including "Die Forelle" and many others. In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Music Look up Music in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Wikicities has a wiki about Music: Music Music City : a collaborative music database All Music Guide: includes a comprehensive and flexible Genre and Style system MusicWiki: A Collaborative Music-related encyclopedia Science... Composition deals with the bits and pieces that make up things. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who uses his or her voice as an instrument to make music. ... This article is about the modern musical instrument. ... A song is a relatively short musical composition for the human voice (possibly accompanied by other musical instruments), which features words (lyrics). ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. ... This article is about the musical term aria. ... Great Museums in the World (Louvre, Metropolitan Museum, MoMA, Picasso …) Weird photography CGFA: A Virtual Art Museum Very large website with good reproduction quality scans of thousands of paintings Art-Atlas. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... A schematic representation of auditory signaling Sound is vibration, as perceived by the sense of hearing. ... Philosophy (from the Greek words philos and sophia meaning love of wisdom) is understood in different ways historically and by different philosophers. ... English may refer to: The nation of England. ... Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh (November 22, 1913 – December 4, 1976) was a British composer and pianist. ... Lied (plural Lieder) is a German word, literally meaning song; among English speakers, however, it is used primarily as a term for European classical music songs, also known as art songs. Typically, Lieder are arranged for a single singer and piano. ... Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (January 31, 1797 – November 19, 1828), was an Austrian composer. ...