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Definition of 'songtext'

English

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Noun

(en-noun)
  • The written words to a song; lyrics.
  • *1986 , Ultimate reality and meaning - Volumes 9-10 - Page 47:
  • The use of songtext', therefore, was important as a literary medium and as a means of recording oral traditions and events of historical ... ' Songtext may also be considered as an important factor in determining emotional effect of musical sound.
  • *1992 , Clara Brakel-Papenhuijzen, The Bedhaya Court Dances of Central Java :
  • Next to this is a separate column for the songtext — which does not always give the words of the text, at the most a few catchwords, headed by the word: [...]
  • *2012 , Michael Taussig, The Nervous System :
  • “No doubt,” writes LèviStrauss (in his analysis which ignores the performative, social, colonial and microhistorical contexts of the song-text ), “the purpose of such an alteration in the details of the myth is to elicit the corresponding organic reaction, [...]”
  • *2013 , The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music - Volume 2 - Page 859:
  • The songtexts are in rhymed verses, and each line is repeated once.