| 单词 | double chorus |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdouble chorus 5. Music. A vocal composition for a considerable body of singers, written in any number of parts, but most usually in four, each part being sung by a number of voices. A double chorus is a chorus written for two choirs, usually in eight parts. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > [noun] > choral composition chorus1744 semi-chorus1847 1744 Handel Lett. Jennens 2 Oct. Would not the words, ‘Tell it out among the Heathen that the Lord is King’, be sufficient for our Chorus? 1862 E. Wallace tr. F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Lett. from Italy & Switzerland 40 If I were to take the first verse of ‘Vom Himmel hoch’ as a separate grand chorus. 1880 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 354 Choruses for 2 choirs are called double choruses..The two choirs answer one another, and the effect is quite different from that of 8 real parts. 1880 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 646 The Hallelujah Chorus in the Messiah is known to every one. double chorus double chorus n. see chorus n. 5. < as lemmas |
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