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A lyric is a song sung with
a lyre and has Greek roots. The definition: "a song
of no defined length or structure." A lyric poem is
considered one that expresses a subjective, personal point
of view. Lyrics are the written words in a song, written
preceding songwriting, during the composition of a song
or proceeding the accompanying music that is composed. The
message conveyed in lyrical verses can be explicit or implicit.
In lyrics of songs, there is a tendency to emphasize the
form, the articulation, the meter, and asymmetries/symmetries
of the expressions and aesthetics of the message that is
delievered to the reader/listener.
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Of or relating to a
category of poetry that expresses subjective thoughts
and feelings, often in a songlike style or form. Relating
to or constituting a poem in this category, such as a
sonnet or an ode. Of or relating
to a writer of poems in this category.
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Lyrical.
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Music. Having
a singing voice of light volume and modest range. Of,
relating to, or being musical drama, especially opera:
the lyric stage. Having a pleasing succession of sounds;
melodious. Of or relating to the lyre or harp. Appropriate
for accompaniment by the lyre.
ETYMOLOGY:
French lyrique, of a lyre, from Old French, from Latin
lyricus, from Greek lurikos, from lura, lyre
Lyric Poetry: A
kind of poetry, generally short, characterized by a musical
use of language. Lyric poetry often involves the expression
of intense personal emotion. The elegy, the ode, and the sonnet
are forms of the lyric poem. Although the word is still often
used to refer to the songlike quality in poetry, it is more
generally used to refer to any short poem that expresses a
personal emotion, be it a sonnet, ode, song, or elegy. In
early Greek poetry a distinction was made between the choral
song and the monody sung by an individual. The monody was
developed by Sappho and Alcaeus in the 6th cent. B.C., the
choral lyric by Pindar later. Latin lyrics were written in
the 1st cent. B.C. by Catullus and Horace. In the Middle Ages
the lyric form was common in Christian hymns, in folk songs,
and in the songs of troubadours. In the Renaissance and later,
lyric poetry achieved its most finished form in the sonnets
of Petrarch, Shakespeare, Spencer, and Sidney and in the short
poems of Ronsard, Ben Jonson, John Donne, Herrick, and Milton.
Lyric Copyrighting
A copyright protects an artist,
publisher or writer from unauthorized copying of his or her
work - including song lyrics:
1. Write your lyric and put it in a tangible form - on paper,
sheet music, computer disk or audiotape. You can't copyright
an idea that is still in your head.
2. Recognize that anything written after April 1, 1989, is
automatically protected (in the United States) by an assumed
copyright. If you don't transfer the copyright to someone
else, it will last 70 years past your date of death.
3. Register with the U.S. Copyright Office so that you can
more easily collect damages if your work is copied. This also
provides public notice.
4. Fill a U.S. Copyright Office's PA form to register a song.
Use its SR form to register published and unpublished sound
recordings at http://www.copyright.gov/forms/formsri.pdf
5.Pay a non-refundable fee for registration.
6. Include a copyright notice at the end of your work. The
proper format is: Copyright, year of first publication of
the work, author's name: 2005 John Smith or Copyright 2005
John Smith.
Copyright protects "original
works of authorship" that are fixed in a tangible form
of expression. The fixation need not be directly perceptible
so long as it may be communicated with the aid of a machine
or device. Copyrightable works include the following categories:
- literary works;
- musical works, including any accompanying
words
- dramatic works, including any accompanying
music
- pantomimes and choreographic works
- pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works
- motion pictures and other audiovisual works
- sound recordings
- architectural works
- These categories should be viewed broadly.
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