It may not seem relevant to some people now, but we can learn a lot about songs and their creation by looking at the history of songwriting through the ages.

1 Medieval Songwriting Introduction writeasong.org 1704 2 Troubadours writeasong.org 1066 3 Trouvères writeasong.org 855 4 Minnesingers writeasong.org 70 5 Renaissance Songwriting Introduction writeasong.org 62 6 Vihuelistas writeasong.org 14