musical setting
Music for words
A musical setting is a composition created to accompany a text—a poem, prayer, or other words set to music.
The term emphasizes the composer's interpretation: Schubert's setting of Goethe's "Erlkönig", a choral setting of the Mass.
Different composers may produce competing settings of the same text, each bringing distinct musical character to identical words.
- accompanimentSupplementary support element
- Gregorian chantMonophonic Catholic liturgical music
- song cycleUnified group of art pieces
- hymnodySacred song tradition
- cantataVocal work with instruments
melody · key signature · harmony · film score · opera · choral arrangement · four-part harmony · tempo · orchestration · vocal arrangement · counterpoint · phrasing · concert hall · dynamics · plainchant · texture · madrigal · timbre
musical settinglibretto
Opera's written words
lyrics · recitative · program notes · texting · word painting
musical settingspoken word
Poetry delivered aloud
recitation · poetry reading · plain text · dramatic reading · silent reading
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