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n.
The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus.
n.
A poem set to music; a musical composition comprising choruses, solos, interludes, etc., arranged in a somewhat dramatic manner; originally, a composition for a single noise, consisting of both recitative and melody.
imp. & p. p.
of Chorus
v. i.
To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune, or of a given part (as alto, tenor, etc.) in a chorus or concerted piece.
n.
The space in a theater between the stage and the audience; -- originally appropriated by the Greeks to the chorus and its evolutions, afterward by the Romans to persons of distinction, and by the moderns to a band of instrumental musicians.
n.
A company of persons supposed to behold what passed in the acts of a tragedy, and to sing the sentiments which the events suggested in couplets or verses between the acts; also, that which was thus sung by the chorus.
n.
The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence: That which is often repeated or which is dwelt upon; the main topic; as, the burden of a prayer.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Chorus
n.
A drama, either tragic or comic, of which music forms an essential part; a drama wholly or mostly sung, consisting of recitative, arials, choruses, duets, trios, etc., with orchestral accompaniment, preludes, and interludes, together with appropriate costumes, scenery, and action; a lyric drama.
n.
The burden or chorus of a song.
n.
In Greek choruses and dances, the movement of the chorus while turning from the right to the left of the orchestra; hence, the strain, or part of the choral ode, sung during this movement. Also sometimes used of a stanza of modern verse. See the Note under Antistrophe.
v. i.
To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously.
n.
The final chorus; the catastrophe.
pl.
of Chorus
n.
The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration; as, a Chorus of shouts and catcalls.
n.
In the Greek tragedy, a song of the chorus, continued without the interruption of dialogue or anapaestics.
n.
A half chorus; a passage to be sung by a selected portion of the voices, as the female voices only, in contrast with the full choir.
n.
The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain.
n.
The conductor, chief, or leader of the dramatic chorus; hence, the chief or leader of a party or interest.
n.
A more or less dramatic text or poem, founded on some Scripture nerrative, or great divine event, elaborately set to music, in recitative, arias, grand choruses, etc., to be sung with an orchestral accompaniment, but without action, scenery, or costume, although the oratorio grew out of the Mysteries and the Miracle and Passion plays, which were acted.
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