From: Karen Mercedes
To: VOCALIST <vocalist>
Subject: Re: Art songs vs. opera/oratorio arias
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On Wed, 12 Jan 2000 WaDiJeDo-at-aol.com wrote:

> Hi,
> I need to fill out a form for school and they are asking me to place the
> songs I will be doing for a jury in the proper place, except I don't know
> where they would go. Any one help? the songs are "Blow, blow thou Winter
> Wind" put to music by Thomas A. Arne & "Pretty Ring Time" put to music by
> Peter Warlock both from the Shakespear play As You Like It and "Ah! Mio Cor"
> from Alcina and "Freudvoll und leidvoll" from Egmont. I don't know where to
> go to look up definitions of art songs or arias.
> any help would be appreciated or turn me in the direction I need to go.
> thank you
> Janis
>


The Beethoven, Arne, and Warlock are all art songs.

The Haendel is an operatic aria.

Karen Mercedes
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