What is an art song?
a. an accompanied song with artistic aspirations
b. the concluding fast aria of any two- or three-section operatic scene
c. the repeat of a piece demanded by an appreciative audience
d. a song originating from an ethnic group and passed from generation to generation by oral tradition
e. a popular genre of secular vocal music that originated in Italy in which four or five voices sing love poems
ANSWER: a
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