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'Genre' entry for a work page
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 12:22 am
by KGill
What should I select for a ballade for piano with spoken voice? None of the available categories exactly fit...would 'Lieder' be the closest?
Re: 'Genre' entry for a work page
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 12:44 am
by vinteuil
Probably....custom genres would be great, but impossible, and everyone would just make one for each piece.
Re: 'Genre' entry for a work page
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 12:46 am
by KGill
Thanks.
Re: 'Genre' entry for a work page
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:41 am
by steltz
On a similar note, W.C. Handy's Memphis Blues is currently listed as a "chanson". The other W.C. Handy song on IMSLP, St. Louis Blues, is listed as a folk song.
While, strictly speaking, folk and blues are not really the same, this designation is at least closer than chanson.
Another possibility would be just plain "song" or "song (blues)", since the blues genre is a large one.
I realize chanson translates as song, but it has a connotation of Middle Ages/Renaissance, or at the very least, French Art Song.
I haven't changed anything, but I'm wondering what people think this genre should be.