songwritingn.
/ˈsɒŋˌrʌɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsɔŋˌraɪdɪŋ/, /ˈsɑŋˌraɪdɪŋ/ The composition or writing of songs.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > [noun] > of specific kind
songwriting1713
tone-painting1897
serialization1954
verticalization1962
madrigalianism1968
madrigalism1968
filking1983
1713 A. Philips in Guardian No. 16 I shall..give you my Thoughts upon Song-Writing.
1772 J. Aikin (title) Essays on song-writing.
1809 Belfast Monthly Mag. Mar. 164/2 I promise..method in my handling the theory and practice of song-writing.
1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 273 Here, indeed, is the crowning difficulty of song-writing.
1977 Billboard 19 Feb. 33/1 He finds song-writing the most difficult thing he does; performing..is a breeze compared to finely honing a song.
2012 Wonderland Feb. 126 Our songwriting revolves mainly around keyboards, and there are so many more noises synths offer than guitars.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
songwritingadj.
/ˈsɒŋˌrʌɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsɔŋˌraɪdɪŋ/, /ˈsɑŋˌraɪdɪŋ/ That writes songs.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > composer > [adjective] > composer by type of music
songwriting1783
serialist1936
tonalist1972
1783 J. Hanway Proposal for County Naval Free-schools 116 Our song-writing poets often lean to an opinion as if wine only could inspire love.
1832 True Sun 29 May The French are a song-writing people.
1947 A. Einstein Music Romantic Era iv. 35 The song-writing Berlin purists.
2014 Evening Standard (Nexis) 28 Mar. 48 Having..survived the departure of their songwriting drummer.., the Leeds band are back with some tub-thumping tunes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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