Poems that best fit with "traditional" art song (more on this adjective in a moment) tend to meet the following criteria:
- shorter poems, fewer lines
- more vowels, less consonants, especially "hard" sounding ones
- shorter words (the fewer syllables the better)
Shorter poems can be a good place to start thinking about as possible candidates for art song. In terms of consonants and syllables, the ones that have fewer on both counts would be a better fit.
The reason why I put "traditional" in quotation marks is a matter for another post.
What do you think makes a good art song?
The reason why I put "traditional" in quotation marks is a matter for another post.
What do you think makes a good art song?
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