About The Word Music drama
Learn about the word Music drama to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Music drama definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Music drama
| Music drama Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Music drama?Synonyms | Synonyms for Music drama: Related Terms | Find terms related to Music drama: See Also | Music drama In Webster's Dictionary \Mu"sic dra`ma\
An opera in which the text and action are not interrupted by
set arias, duets, etc., the music being determined throughout
by dramatic appropriateness; musical drama of this character,
in general. It involves the use of a kind of melodious
declamation, the development of leitmotif, great orchestral
elaboration, and a fusion of poetry, music, action, and scene
into an organic whole. The term is applied esp. to the later
works of Wagner: ``Tristan und Isolde,'' ``Die
Meistersinger,'' ``Rheingold,'' ``Walk["u]re,''
``Siegfried,'' ``G["o]tterd["a]mmerung,'' and ``Parsifal.''
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Retrospective ‐ an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life…
- Bandtail ‐ wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the…
- Douglass ‐ United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became…
- Stanza ‐ a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit…
- Calypter ‐ scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter…
- Lycia ‐ an ancient region on the coast of southwest…
- To one ear ‐ in a monaural manner; "the stimuli were presented…
- Rachet up ‐ move by degrees in one direction only, as of…
- Rudder ‐ (nautical) steering mechanism consisting of a hinged vertical…
- Oxidase ‐ any of the enzymes that catalyze biological…