Definition of chorus

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Chorus (n.) A band of singers and dancers.

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Oratorio :: Oratorio (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..
Semichorus :: Semichorus (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..
Chorus :: Chorus (n.) The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration; as, a Chorus of shouts and catcalls..
Jute :: "Jute (n.) The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian Corchorus olitorius, and C. capsularis; also, the plant itself. The fiber is much used for making mats, gunny cloth, cordage, hangings, paper, etc..
Gunny Cloth :: Gunny cloth () A strong, coarse kind of sacking, made from the fibers (called jute) of two plants of the genus Corchorus (C. olitorius and C. capsularis), of India. The fiber is also used in the manufacture of cordage..
Corchorus :: Corchorus (n.) The common name of the Kerria Japonica or Japan globeflower, a yellow-flowered, perennial, rosaceous plant, seen in old-fashioned gardens..
Conductor :: Conductor (n.) The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus.
Chorus :: Chorus (n.) An interpreter in a dumb show or play.
Chorus :: Chorus (n.) A band of singers and dancers.
Chorus :: Chorus (n.) A composition of two or more parts, each of which is intended to be sung by a number of voices..
Tat :: Tat (n.) Gunny cloth made from the fiber of the Corchorus olitorius, or jute..
Antistrophe :: Antistrophe (n.) In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. Hence: The lines of this part of the choral song..
Chorusing :: Chorusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Choru.
Chorused :: Chorused (imp. & p. p.) of Choru.
Chorus :: Chorus (n.) Parts of a song or hymn recurring at intervals, as at the end of stanzas; also, a company of singers who join with the singer or choir in singer or choir in singing such parts..
Cantata :: Cantata (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..
Chorus :: Chorus (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..
Sing :: Sing (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..
Corypheus :: Corypheus (n.) The conductor, chief, or leader of the dramatic chorus; hence, the chief or leader of a party or interest..
Chorister :: Chorister (n.) One of a choir; a singer in a chorus.
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