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musical soirée, n.
Brit. |ˌmjuːzɪkl ˈswɑːreɪ|, U.S. |ˈˌmjuzək(ə)l ˌswɑˈreɪ|
Forms: 18– musical soirée, 18– musical soiree
[‹ musical adj. + soirée n., probably after French soirée musicale soirée musicale n.]
= soirée musicale n.
1821Times 25 Apr. 2/2 At 11 the curtain of the theatre will rise to a Musical Soiree..which will commence (in honour of the Birth-day of His Majesty) with the Glee of ‘Hail! Star of Brunswick’. 1877H. H. Boyesen Tales from Two Hemispheres 55 Mrs. Van Kirk..had ‘talked him up’ among her aristocratic friends; had given musical soirées, at which she had coaxed him to play the principal rôle. 1913Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 77 77 Later in the evening a musical soirée was given.., where some charming music was rendered and scenes from the life of Schubert were described. 1963R. Winston & C. Winston tr. H. E. Jacob Felix Mendelssohn & his Times i. 35 Goethe did not put in an appearance for the rest of the afternoon. He only emerged in the evening—for he had invited a sizeable company to a musical soirée. 1999P. Mishra Romantics (2001) i. i. 10 Mrs Pandey spoke pointedly of the splendour of the musical soirées the Maharaja of Benares used to hold at one time. |