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n.
The Muse who presided over the choral song and the dance, especially the latter.
n.
A singer or composer of chorals.
a.
Choric; choral.
n.
In harmonized chorals, psalmody, part songs, etc., the part which bears the tune or melody -- in modern harmony usually the upper part -- is sometimes called the air.
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A chorus leader; esp. one who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical contents at Athens.
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of Choragus
n.
In Greek choruses and dances, the movement of the chorus while turning from the right to the left of the orchestra; hence, the strain, or part of the choral ode, sung during this movement. Also sometimes used of a stanza of modern verse. See the Note under Antistrophe.
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Of or pertaining to a choir or chorus; singing, sung, or adapted to be sung, in chorus or harmony.
v. t.
A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music.
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Of or pertaining to a choragus.
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In the manner of a chorus; adapted to be sung by a choir; in harmony.
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In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. Hence: The lines of this part of the choral song.
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A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata, or the acts of a drama; especially, in church music, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas of a hymn, or in German chorals after each line.
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The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano.
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A hymn tune; a simple sacred tune, sung in unison by the congregation; as, the Lutheran chorals.
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