Song - one of the most common genres of vocalmusic, it combines the poetic text with a simple melody to memorize. Songs can be performed by one performer, as well as by a group or choir, with instrumental accompaniment and a cappella.
The most popular genre of vocal music issong. The main genres of songs: folk and composer. Their main difference is that the composer has at least one author, but the people's author does not have it, its creator is the people.
Folk songs are transmitted from the older generation tothe youngest. They spread through the country thanks to wandering musicians, who replenished their repertoire and moved from city to city, bringing them to different listeners. The common people were not literate, could not write music and texts, so the songs were memorized by heart. Naturally, in different cities they could sing the same work with different words or melodies. In addition, each performer could change the text or the motive at will, so in our time one can find several different versions of one song. At first the people sang at weddings, funerals, on the occasion of the birth of a child, during rituals. Then people began to sing when they worked, and rested when they were sad, or happy.
Composer songs appeared in about16-17 centuries, with the development of secular culture. These are works that have at least one specific author and that must be executed as intended by the creator. The song creativity of composers reaches the listener in its original form, even if several centuries have passed since its creation.
There are the following genres of songs:
Here, both long-standing andmodern genres of songs. Examples of some of them: "How great that we all are here today" O. Mityaeva (bard); "Oh, frost, frost" (folk); "I remember the wonderful moment" of M. Glinka on the words of A. Pushkin (romance); "Return to Sorrento" by E. de Curtis and J. de Curtis (Neapolitan); "Soldiers, bravo children" (drill) and so on.
Folk songs are divided into ritual and non-ordinary. The ritual accompanies a ritual: a wedding, a funeral, the birth of a child, harvesting, etc. Unordered - are not performed on a particular occasion, but on a sit-down, during conversations and evenings, they are sung for the mood, express the emotions and emotions of people. The themes of folk songs can be anything: love, heavy peasant or recruit share, historical events or real historical personalities ...
Genres of Russian songs:
Chastushki, by the way, is not too ancient genre, they appeared a little over a hundred years ago and sang about love in them. Initially they were performed only by guys.
The lyric genre of folk song includesworks that express the feelings and moods of those who sing them. These songs are divided into family and love. They can be different in character, even reckless and unrestrained fun. But for the most part Russian folk lyrics express sadness and longing. Often in the lyrics, a person's mood is compared to natural phenomena.
Folk songs can be performed by a soloist, a group or a choir, accompanied by instruments and a cappella.