Definition of chorus

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Chorus (n.) A composition of two or more parts, each of which is intended to be sung by a number of voices..

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Chorusing :: Chorusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Choru.
Conductor :: Conductor (n.) The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus.
Stasis :: Stasimon (n.) In the Greek tragedy, a song of the chorus, continued without the interruption of dialogue or anapaestics..
Strophic :: Strophe (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..
Chorus :: Chorus (n.) A company of singers singing in concert.
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..
Undersong :: Undersong (n.) The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain.
Opera :: Opera (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..
Chorus :: Chorus (v. i.) To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously.
Chorister :: Chorister (n.) One of a choir; a singer in a chorus.
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..
Chorused :: Chorused (imp. & p. p.) of Choru.
Orchestra :: Orchestra (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..
Tat :: Tat (n.) Gunny cloth made from the fiber of the Corchorus olitorius, or jute..
Ballet :: Ballet (n.) A light part song, or madrigal, with a fa la burden or chorus, -- most common with the Elizabethan madrigal composers..
Chorus :: Chorus (n.) An interpreter in a dumb show or play.
Chore :: Chore (n.) A choir or chorus.
Choral :: Choral (a.) Of or pertaining to a choir or chorus; singing, sung, or adapted to be sung, in chorus or harmony..
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.) The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration; as, a Chorus of shouts and catcalls..
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