There is no historical or geographical limit on what can be covered. There is no restriction on the style or genre of song or singing.
Women’s singing, in extremis, has frequently been associated with the non-verbal. Linda Perhacs’s “Parallelograms” (1970) is an example that is grounded in words.
This audio blog post discusses Julia Johnson Davis’s poem “To My Little Son” and Florence Price’s deeply personal musical setting of it.
“Praying,” Kesha’s first ballad, was written about her recovery from traumatic abuse by her former producer, Dr. Luke. Her voice depicts this journey.
Marian Anderson was a pioneering interpreter of Jean Sibelius’s songs. “Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings mote,” was one of the first she recorded.
