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Defining music
"Piece" and "Composition" can generally be used interchangeably - both refer to any musical work, although "piece" usually connotes a less substantial musical work then "composition" does.

To be a "song", a musical work has to meet two criteria: (1) it must have a component of singing (unless it is referred to as a "song without words", in which case it wouldn't) and (2) it must be relatively short (an opera or a cantata would not be considered a song for this reason, although both of those pieces can be said to contain several songs). Note that a "vocalese" (which is a song without specific words- typically sung to "ah" or "ooh") can be considered a song as well.

[A] song can be a piece or a composition, but not all pieces and compositions are songs.


 * Reference
 * Yahoo! Answers: How do you define "song"?

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