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    This document provides an overview of art song and poetry basics for singers. It introduces art song as a unique musical genre that sets poems to music. Singers must understand poetry to properly interpret art songs. The document offers guidance on how to analyze poems, including noticing their form, imagery, rhythm, rhyme and other literary elements. It emphasizes gaining pleasure from poetry through sound, association and listening. Singers are advised to read, memorize and hear poems to fully prepare for performing art songs.

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    This document provides an overview of art song and poetry basics for singers. It introduces art song as a unique musical genre that sets poems to music. Singers must understand poetry to properly interpret art songs. The document offers guidance on how to analyze poems, including noticing their form, imagery, rhythm, rhyme and other literary elements. It emphasizes gaining pleasure from poetry through sound, association and listening. Singers are advised to read, memorize and hear poems to fully prepare for performing art songs.

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    Foreword Acknowledgements Chapter 1 What Is Art Song?

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    This document provides an overview of art song and poetry basics for singers. It introduces art song as a unique musical genre that sets poems to music. Singers must understand poetry to properly interpret art songs. The document offers guidance on how to analyze poems, including noticing their form, imagery, rhythm, rhyme and other literary elements. It emphasizes gaining pleasure from poetry through sound, association and listening. Singers are advised to read, memorize and hear poems to fully prepare for performing art songs.

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    Foreword

    Acknowledgements
    Chapter 1 What is Art Song?
    Art Song: A Unique Hybrid
    Art Song and Popular Song
    Why Sing Art Songs?
    Poetry as the Basis for Art Song
    Creating a Musical Framework for Poems
    Working With Art Song: The Singer’s Task
    A Roadmap for Working With an Art Song
    Chapter 2 Poetry Basics for Singers
    What Is Poetry?
    Who’s Afraid of Poetry?
    The Power of Language
    Perks from Poetry
    Beginning to Look at Poems
    Guidelines for Beginning Readers of Poetry
    Things to Notice:
    How does it look?
    An Unusual Poetic Form
    Important Basics
    Word Sounds
    Texture
    Imagery
    Rhythm and Rhyme
    Noticing Dramatic Qualities
    Reading Poetry—Pleasure Through Sound
    Reading Poetry—Pleasure Through Association
    Hearing Poems—Pleasure Through Listening
    Reading and Memorizing Poems
    Some Helpful Resources
    Websites to Visit
    Poetry Books with Recordings or Videos
    Some Foreign Language Resources for Listening to
    Poetry

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