art song

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Recent Examples of art song The performance highlights a blend of musical theater, art song and opera, bringing together four opera singers for a program that celebrates motherhood, family, love and all that life offers. Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025 The music moves from inventive, engaging art song to smoldering improvisations in which Wilkins and his bandmates—anchored by his regular colleagues Micah Thomas on piano, Rick Rosato on bass and Kweku Sumbry on drums—push to the outer limits. Steve Hochman, SPIN, 21 Oct. 2024 As a map of Austin’s musical journey, the recital moved through spirituals and standard repertoire into 20th-century and contemporary art song and opera. Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023 Rojas will perform Latin American art songs along with four students from the University’s School of Music Voice Department. Elena Giardina, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023 See All Example Sentences for art song
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Noun
  • The Philly duo’s tender, faintly medieval-sounding folk song has its hands clasped and its heart on its sleeve.
    Lily Goldberg, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026
  • And a classic country-folk song is taking over World Cup stadiums.
    Josh Feldman, NBC news, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • Designed for a calm, contemporary aesthetic, this elegant home—the right size for a solo traveler—is within walking distance of the town’s most popular attractions, including Les Halles de Biarritz.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 31 July 2026
  • The solo films are Columbia Pictures releases financed by Sony, with Marvel Studios acting as a creative manager, and handling MCU integration in the crossover films.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026
Noun
  • Nighttime in the Okefenokee is filled with a wild cacophony — the choruses of pig frogs, hooting owls, crickets and sometimes the deep, nerve-jerking bellowing of bull alligators.
    Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 25 July 2026
  • There’s always a ready audience, especially when the pesky Jewish state of Israel loudly refuses to join the chorus of condemnation and defends itself with force.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026

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