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Mélusine is half French chanson/half idiosyncratic art song, which in its course reveals its own soaring majesty.
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Spin Staff, SPIN, 5 June 2023
The Yiddish art song duo Tsvey Brider—singer Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell and accordionist Dmitri Gaskin—will perform April 22 at Temple Beth-El, 2179 Highland Ave. S., Birmingham, AL 35205.
—Ryan Michaels | The Birmingham Times, al, 15 Apr. 2023
These playlists cover a variety of genres, including opera, Renaissance music, art song and minimalism.
—Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2023
Mélusine, Cécile McLorin Salvant’s new album (released on March 24th), is half-French chanson/half-idiosyncratic art song that, when taken as a whole, reveals itself to be a creature of soaring majesty as well.
—Steve Hochman, SPIN, 28 Mar. 2023
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Spin Staff, SPIN, 5 June 2023
The Yiddish art song duo Tsvey Brider—singer Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell and accordionist Dmitri Gaskin—will perform April 22 at Temple Beth-El, 2179 Highland Ave. S., Birmingham, AL 35205.
—Ryan Michaels | The Birmingham Times, al, 15 Apr. 2023
These playlists cover a variety of genres, including opera, Renaissance music, art song and minimalism.
—Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2023
Mélusine, Cécile McLorin Salvant’s new album (released on March 24th), is half-French chanson/half-idiosyncratic art song that, when taken as a whole, reveals itself to be a creature of soaring majesty as well.
—Steve Hochman, SPIN, 28 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for art song
Noun
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In 1920, the two spend a winter walking through the forests and islands of Maine, collecting folk songs in order to preserve them for future generations.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
24 July 2025
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The rest of it was kind of boring: old folk songs that everybody sang.—
Jim Ryan,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
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Even though Taylor Swift is a little biased toward Travis Kelce, the pop star’s favorite performance in Happy Gilmore 2 might just have been Bad Bunny‘s.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
14 Aug. 2025
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Jason could be seen wearing what looks like Swift merch, and all of this made fans speculate that the pop star would be the special guest.—
Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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James did manage 3 solo stops and a quarterback hurry, but Cam Ward and the Hurricanes were virtually unstoppable during a 41-17 romp in the Swamp.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Aug. 2025
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Gunn even played coy about a possible Peacemaker solo film.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Horan, dressed in jeans and a long-sleeve white shirt made his way to the stage holding an acoustic guitar and gave Mendes a big hug as the duo broke into song together, crooning the ballad’s chorus together.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
18 Aug. 2025
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But even atop those peaks, the orchestra and chorus remained well-balanced, and the chorus’s diction impeccable.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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