turban.
/ˈtʊəbə/ Music.
A name given to the chorus in Passions and other religious oratorios in which crowds participate in the action. (See also quot. 1889.)
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1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 443/1 Turbæ (Lat.), the chorus part or voice of the multitude in a Passion-music.
1889 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Turba, the chorus in mediaeval passion-plays, representing the Jewish populace.
1947 A. Einstein Music Romantic Era xiii. 173 It is a work with fanatic turbae, the ‘crowds’, as in the Passions.
1962 Listener 15 Feb. 317/3 The Roman Church's dramatic Passions now come into view with Victoria's and Byrd's settings of the turba.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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