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George David Weiss ( ___MASK33___ 9 , 1921  ___MASK63___ 23 , 2010 ) was an American songwriter and former President of the Songwriters ___MASK29___ of America . `` That Sunday , That Summer '' is a swing ___MASK32___ , written by Joe Sherman and George David Weiss and published in 1963 . The best - known version , by Nat King Cole , reached # 12 on the Billboard charts in 1963 . Other versions have also been recorded ( see below ) . North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost ___MASK26___ of Africa . The United Nations ___MASK79___ of " North Africa " includes ___MASK5___ countries and territories ; Algeria , Egypt , Libya , Mauritania , Morocco , Sudan , Tunisia , and Western Sahara . The countries of Algeria , Morocco , Tunisia , and Libya are often collectively referred to as the Maghreb , which is the Arabic word for " sunset ". Egypt lies to the northeast and encompasses part of West Asia , while Sudan is situated on the edge of the Sahel , to the south of Egypt . A poet is a ___MASK66___ who writes ___MASK91___ . Poets ___MASK55___ describe themselves as such or be described as such by others . A poet ___MASK55___ simply be a writer of ___MASK91___ , or ___MASK55___ perform their ___MASK25___ to an audience . A ___MASK32___ is a form of verse , often a narrative set to music . Ballads derive from the medieval French " chanson balladée " or " ___MASK41___ ", which were originally " danced songs ". Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and ___MASK76___ of the British Isles from the later medieval period until the 19th century . They were widely used across Europe , and later in the Americas , Australia and North Africa . Ballads are 13 lines with an ABABBCBC form , consisting of couplets ( two lines ) of rhymed verse , each of 14 syllables . A ___MASK44___ or story is any ___MASK54___ of connected events , real or imaginary , presented in a sequence of written or spoken words , and / or still or moving images . Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia , is a ___MASK2___ comprising the mainland of the Australian ___MASK36___ , the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands . It is the world ' s sixth - largest ___MASK2___ by total area . The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea , Indonesia and East Timor to the north ; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north - east ; and New Zealand to the south - east . Australia ' s capital is Canberra , and its largest urban area is Sydney . Europe is a ___MASK36___ that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . Europe is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the Atlantic Ocean to the west , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the east and southeast , Europe is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of Europe  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " ___MASK36___ " as applied to Europe also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the ___MASK36___ ' s current overland boundaries . The Songwriters ___MASK29___ of America ( SGA ) is an organization founded in 1931 , to help " advance , promote , and benefit " the ___MASK67___ of songwriters . It was founded as the " Songwriters Protective Association " by Billy Rose , George W . Meyer and Edgar Leslie . SGA issued the first standard songwriters contract in 1932 and most writers consider it the ' standard ' agreement in the industry . in 1982 , SGA moved its executive office from New York City to Nashville . As of February 2012 , the Songwriters ___MASK29___ of America , Inc ., has been operating as a Tennessee corporation . Since 1973 , The Songwriters ___MASK29___ Foundation has been organized as a New York corporation . ___MASK13___ is an ___MASK17___ and cultural activity whose medium is ___MASK45___ and silence , which exist in time . The common elements of music are pitch ( which governs melody and harmony ), rhythm ( and its associated concepts tempo , meter , and articulation ), dynamics ( loudness and softness ), and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ( which are sometimes termed the " color " of a ___MASK58___ ___MASK45___ ). Different styles or types of music may emphasize , de - emphasize or omit some of these elements . ___MASK13___ is performed with a vast range of instruments and vocal techniques ranging from singing to rapping ; there are solely instrumental pieces , solely vocal pieces ( such as songs without instrumental accompaniment ) and pieces that combine singing and instruments . The word derives from Greek  (" mousike "; " art of the Muses "). In its most general form , the activities describing music as an ___MASK17___ include the production of works of music ( songs , tunes , symphonies , and so on ), the ___MASK60___ of music , the study of the history of music , and the aesthetic examination of music . Ancient Greek and Indian philosophers defined music as tones ordered horizontally as melodies and vertically as harmonies . Common sayings such as " the harmony of the spheres " and " it is music to my ears " point to the notion that music is often ordered and pleasant to listen to . However , 20th - century composer John Cage thought that any ___MASK45___ can be music , saying , for example , " There is no noise , only ___MASK45___ ." A songwriter is an individual who writes the ___MASK10___ , melodies and ___MASK62___ progressions for songs , typically for a popular music genre such as rock or country music . A songwriter can also be called a composer , although the latter term tends to be used mainly for individuals from the classical music genre . The pressure from the music industry to produce popular hits means that songwriting is often an activity for which the tasks are distributed between a number of people . For example , a songwriter who excels at writing ___MASK10___ might be paired with a songwriter with a gift for creating original melodies . Pop songs may be written by group members from the band or by staff writers  songwriters directly employed by music publishers . Some songwriters serve as their own music publishers , while others have outside publishers .