English art song

Caccini traveled around Europe, other countries begin developing their own solo songs with lute, especially the English composers.

Famous singers performed these ballads in concerts, paid for by music publishers, so that the songs would gain popularity and sell copies.

The highest point of the English musical "Renaissance" began around 1900, and many great art songs were composed in England before the First World War.

Stephen Banfield's comprehensive, two volume study of early twentieth century English song, first published in 1985, is notable for its incorporation of both literary and musical scholarship alongside a performance perspective.

[5] Art song composition continues to thrive today, and many English composers are using the internet to show their pieces to the world.

While the tradition continues, no current composers have yet achieved the highest level of success and acclaim, making modern British art song "a sleeping giant awaiting another resurgence.