These songs ( practically all Persian music, for that matter ) are limited to a range of two octaves.

There are times when one suspects that the songs that are dropped from musical shows before they reach Broadway may really be better than many of those that are left in.

Altogether fifteen virtually unknown Rodgers and Hart songs are sung by a quintet of able vocalists.

For this story of an American couple who meet and fall in love in Israel, Mr. Herman has written songs that are warmly melodious and dance music that sparkles.

Almost all songs on the band's albums are credited to " Woolfson / Parsons ".

Containing a message that forgiveness and redemption are possible regardless of sins committed and that the soul can be delivered from despair through the mercy of God, " Amazing Grace " is one of the most recognizable songs in the English-speaking world.

Primitive Baptists in the Appalachian region often used " New Britain " with other hymns, and sometimes sing the words of " Amazing Grace " to other folk songs, including titles such as " In the Pines ", " Pisgah ", " Primrose ", and " Evan ", as all are able to be sung in common meter, of which the majority of their repertoire consists.

These praise songs are probably the same performed at Matilda's coronation, but might have been used at other court ceremonies before Ealdred's death.

Many American folk songs are identical to British songs in arrangements, but with new lyrics, often as parodies of the original material.

Work songs sung by sailors between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries are known as sea shanties.

Shakers today are most known for their cultural contributions ( especially style of music and furniture ). The Shakers composed thousands of songs, and also created many dances ; both were an important part of the Shaker worship services.

Notable among a number of songs commonly played and sung at various events such as commencement, convocation, and athletic games are: Stand Up and Cheer, the Acadia University fight song.

Notable among a number of fight songs commonly played and sung at various events such as commencement, convocation, and athletic games are: the Acadia University alma mater set to the tune of " Annie Lisle ".

Only two songs are in circulation from these recordings: " Steal Away " and " Operator ".

He composed also a number of different works including many art songs in different languages and a number of important piano pieces, like the five " Doloras " ( 1914 ), which he later orchestrated and are normally played in concerts in Chile and Latinamerica.

Settings of aphoristic poetic utterances, the songs are accompanied by a very large orchestra.

An alternate viewpoint is that limiting praise to the unaccompanied chant of the early church is not commanded in scripture, and that the churches in any age are free to offer their songs with or without musical instruments.

Although they are generally classified as a cappella metal, the band also includes a drummer, and use amplifiers on some songs to distort the voice to sound more like a real guitar.

Many pop songs are used as anthems, such as Queen's " We Are the Champions ", which is commonly used as a sports anthem.

Many songs have been written to teach phonemic awareness and they are usually referred to as alphabet songs.

There are also songs that go through the alphabet, making each letter stand for something in the process.

" () or " A. B. C's " () is one of the best-known English language alphabet songs, and perhaps the one most frequently referred to as " the alphabet song ", especially in the United States.

The album contains one of Parsons ' best-known songs, " Luxury Liner ", as well as an early version of " Do You Know How It Feels ", which he revisited later on in his career.

One of Barenaked Ladies's best-known songs is " Be My Yoko Ono ", and Dar Williams recorded a song called " I Won't Be Your Yoko Ono.

( Rasta reggae is peppered with references to Zion ; among the best-known examples are the Bob Marley songs '" Zion Train " and " Iron Lion Zion ").

Sullivan wrote a group of seven part songs in 1868, the best-known of which is " The Long Day Closes ".

Plaques detailing some of his best-known songs are fitted to the pedestal, along with a dedication to Novello.

It remains among the best-known British patriotic songs up to the present, while the masque of which it was originally part is only remembered by specialist historians.

singing eight of his best-known songs, including his international hit Sukiyaki.

Among his best-known comedy songs were " Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout ( Would Not Take The Garbage Out )", " The Smoke-Off " ( a tale of a contest to determine who could roll — or smoke — marijuana joints faster ), " I Got Stoned and I Missed It " and " Bury Me in My Shades ".

The title of the film is taken from one of Tchaikovsky's best-known songs, which is featured in the background music.

Previous lists, showing principal song-cycles and best-known songs ( not identified in the Composition list above )

One of his best-known songs is Lass with the Delicate Air, which premiered in 1762.

One of his best-known songs, " The Manchester Rambler ", was written after the pivotal mass trespass of Kinder Scout.

Many of MacColl's best-known songs were written for the theatre.

It and " Red Red Wine " are his best-known original songs made more famous by other artists.

Many of Motown's best-known songs, including all the early hits for The Supremes, were written by the songwriting trio of Holland – Dozier – Holland ( Lamont Dozier and brothers Brian and Eddie Holland ).

Boston's best-known works include the songs " More Than a Feeling ", " Peace of Mind ", " Foreplay / Long Time ", " Rock and Roll Band ", " Smokin '", " Don't Look Back " and " Amanda.

Some of their best-known comedy routines and songs include " Earache My Eye ", " Basketball Jones ", " Santa Claus and His Old Lady ", and " Sister Mary Elephant ".

In March 1963 the Beach Boys released one of the best-known surf rock songs, " Surfin ' USA ", which incorporated surf lyrics and the melody from Chuck Berry's " Sweet Little Sixteen ".

It was during this period that Foster would write most of his best-known songs: " Camptown Races " ( 1850 ), " Nelly Bly " ( 1850 ), " Old Folks at Home " ( known also as Swanee River, 1851 ), My Old Kentucky Home ( 1853 ), Old Dog Tray ( 1853 ), and Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair ( 1854 ), written for his wife Jane Denny McDowell.

In 1974, Scottish comedian Billy Connolly adopted a comical ode to the boot called " The Welly Boot Song " as his theme tune, and it became one of his best-known songs.

It includes some of the Ramones ' best-known songs, including " Sheena Is a Punk Rocker " and " Teenage Lobotomy ".

In 1992, several artists joined together to re-record many of Green's best-known songs for a tribute album called No Compromise: Remembering the Music of Keith Green under the Sparrow Records label.

One of Foster's best-known fantasy works is the Spellsinger series, in which a young musician is summoned into a world populated by talking creatures where his music allows him to do real magic whose effects depends on the lyrics of the popular songs he sings ( although with somewhat unpredictable results ).