musical soiréen.
/ˌmjuːzᵻkl ˈswɑːreɪ/, U.S. /ˈˌmjuzək(ə)l ˌswɑˈreɪ/ = soirée musicale n.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > a performance > [noun] > musical party
musical1809
musical soirée1821
soirée musicale1836
musicale1871
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > a performance > [noun] > concert > types of
Philharmonic concert1740
benefit-concert1759
chamber concert1760
recital1762
Dutch concert1774
concert performance1777
philharmonica1796
musical soirée1821
sacred concert1832
soirée musicale1836
promenade concert1839
pianoforte recital1840
ballad concert1855
piano recital1855
Monday pop1862
Pop1862
promenade1864
popular1865
Schubertiad1869
recitative1873
organ recital1877
pop concert1880
smoker1887
smoke concert1888
café concert1891
prom1902
smoke-ho1918
smoking-concert1934
hootenanny1940
opry1940
Liederabend1958
1821 Times 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’.
1877 H. 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.
1913 Jrnl. 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.
1963 R. 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.
1999 P. 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.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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