Art-song survived with verse missing (4)
I believe the answer is:
lied
'art-song' is the definition.
(Lied is a type of German song)
I don't understand the rest of the clue.
(Other definitions for lied that I've seen before include "Told an untruth" , "gave a false impression" , "Deceived with words" , "Song in Berlin" , "Stated falsely" .)