Definition of chorus

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Chorus (n.) An interpreter in a dumb show or play.

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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..
Chorusing :: Chorusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Choru.
Chorus :: Chorus (n.) A band of singers and dancers.
Choric :: Choric (a.) Of or pertaining to a chorus.
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..
Choragus :: Choragus (n.) A chorus leader; esp. one who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical contents at Athens.
Chorus :: Chorus (n.) A company of singers singing in concert.
Corypheus :: Corypheus (n.) The conductor, chief, or leader of the dramatic chorus; hence, the chief or leader of a party or interest..
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.
Choruses :: Choruses (pl. ) of Choru.
Choral :: Choral (a.) Of or pertaining to a choir or chorus; singing, sung, or adapted to be sung, in chorus or harmony..
Tat :: Tat (n.) Gunny cloth made from the fiber of the Corchorus olitorius, or jute..
Undersong :: Undersong (n.) The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain.
Chorus :: Chorus (n.) The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration; as, a Chorus of shouts and catcalls..
Holding :: Holding (n.) The burden or chorus of a song.
Exode :: Exode (n.) The final chorus; the catastrophe.
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.) 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..
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..
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