music drama

noun

an opera having more or less continuous musical and dramatic activity without arias, recitatives, or ensembles.

Compare number opera.

Origin of music drama

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby music drama

musicalize, musical ride, musical saw, music box, music centre, music drama, music hall, Music has charms to soothe a savage breast, musician, musicianship, music locker

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Example sentences from the Web for music drama

Three legends supplied Wagner with the principal characters in this music-drama.
The Complete Opera Book|Gustav Kobb
The same care has been bestowed upon that portion of the book relating to vocal music—to songs, opera, music-drama and oratorio.
How to Appreciate Music|Gustav Kobb
There is a deep and impressive significance in the lesson of the music-drama of "Parsifal."
The Life Radiant|Lilian Whiting
The music-drama is not precisely in a rosy condition to-day.
Franz Liszt|James Huneker

To embody the Wagnerian theories in a music-drama written in Russian, on a Russian subject.
The Russian Opera|Rosa Newmarch

British Dictionary definitions for music drama

music drama

noun

an opera in which the musical and dramatic elements are of equal importance and strongly interfused

the genre of such operas

Word Origin for music drama

C19: translation of German Musikdrama, coined by Wagner to describe his later operas

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单词	music drama
释义	music drama noun an opera having more or less continuous musical and dramatic activity without arias, recitatives, or ensembles. Compare number opera. Origin of music drama First recorded in 1875–80 Words nearby music drama musicalize, musical ride, musical saw, music box, music centre, music drama, music hall, Music has charms to soothe a savage breast, musician, musicianship, music locker Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for music drama Three legends supplied Wagner with the principal characters in this music-drama. The Complete Opera Book\|Gustav Kobb The same care has been bestowed upon that portion of the book relating to vocal music—to songs, opera, music-drama and oratorio. How to Appreciate Music\|Gustav Kobb There is a deep and impressive significance in the lesson of the music-drama of "Parsifal." The Life Radiant\|Lilian Whiting The music-drama is not precisely in a rosy condition to-day. Franz Liszt\|James Huneker To embody the Wagnerian theories in a music-drama written in Russian, on a Russian subject. The Russian Opera\|Rosa Newmarch British Dictionary definitions for music drama music drama noun an opera in which the musical and dramatic elements are of equal importance and strongly interfused the genre of such operas Word Origin for music drama C19: translation of German Musikdrama, coined by Wagner to describe his later operas Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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