Songwriter
A songwriter is someone who writes, in part or in full, the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. That is to say, a songwriter is a lyricist, a composer, or both. The word 'songwriter' is however more commonly used to describe one who writes popular songs than to describe a writer of art songs.
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Lyric - Musical composition - Melody - Lyricist - Composer - Popular song - Art song
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Songwriters may perform the songs they write themselves, or may write for somebody else to perform. People who sing their own songs are nowadays typically called singer-songwriters, although the tradition of doing this dates back hundreds of years. It is often speculated that pre-historic man must have made up and sung songs. More recently, the troubadours of the middle ages sang their own work, as did the German Minnesingers.
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Singer-songwriter - Troubadour - Middle ages - Minnesingers
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Most art songwriting is written for somebody other than the composer to perform, although it is known that Schubert often sang his own songs at private parties, and there have been a number of composers who were also singers and wrote for themselves, Carl Loewe being one example.
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Many modern rock and roll bands have one or two songwriters, often members of the band. In many cases, the lead singer is one of the songwriters.
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Rock and roll - Lead singer
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There have been quite a few popular songwriting teams such as the Tamla Motown team of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland and the teams of Lennon and McCartney, Lerner and Loewe, George and Ira Gershwin, Jagger and Richards and Rodgers and Hart.
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Tamla Motown - Brian Holland - Lamont Dozier - Eddie Holland - Lennon and McCartney - Lerner and Loewe - George and Ira Gershwin - Jagger and Richards - Rodgers and Hart
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Many songwriters also serve as their own music publishers, while others have outside publishers. Legally, songs are considered intellectual property, and song copyrights can be bought, sold, or otherwise exchanged. Songwriting and publishing royalties can be a substantial source of income, particularly if a song becomes a hit record.
Related Topics:
Music publishers - Intellectual property - Copyrights - Royalties - Hit record
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