Definition of Choruses. Meaning of Choruses. Synonyms of Choruses

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Definition of Choruses

Choruses
Chorus Cho"rus, n.; pl. Choruses. [L., a dance in a ring, a dance accompanied with song; a chorus, a band of dancers and singers. Gr. ?. See Choir.] 1. (Antiq.) A band of singers and dancers. The Grecian tragedy was at first nothing but a chorus of singers. --Dryden. 2. (Gr. Drama) A company of persons supposed to behold what passed in the acts of a tragedy, and to sing the sentiments which the events suggested in couplets or verses between the acts; also, that which was thus sung by the chorus. What the lofty, grave tragedians taught In chorus or iambic. --Milton. 3. An interpreter in a dumb show or play. [Obs.] 4. (Mus.) A company of singers singing in concert. 5. (Mus.) A composition of two or more parts, each of which is intended to be sung by a number of voices. 6. (Mus.) Parts of a song or hymn recurring at intervals, as at the end of stanzas; also, a company of singers who join with the singer or choir in singer or choir in singing such parts. 7. The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration; as, a Chorus of shouts and catcalls.

Meaning of Choruses from wikipedia

- Look up chorus or choruses in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chorus may refer to: Chorus (song), the part of a song that is repeated several times, usually...
- soprano/alto, and mixed choruses). Often, the three Harvard Choruses combine to perform a large choral-orchestral work. The Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus is an adjunct...
- character. Since Euripides' choruses seem less unified, Sophocles' choruses more often received praise, and Euripides' choruses criticized for having little...
- ****ociation of Choruses ("GALA Choruses") is an international ****ociation of LGBT choruses founded in 1982. In its inaugural performance 14 choruses performed...
- chorus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dawn chorus may refer to: Dawn chorus (birds), when songbirds sing at the start of a new day Dawn chorus (electromagnetic)...
- "post-chorus" to only cases where it is an extension of a chorus (attached postchorus), and do not consider the second part of two-part choruses (detached...
- "post-chorus" to only cases where it is an extension of a chorus (attached postchorus), and do not consider the second part of two-part choruses (detached...
- "choruses" with fixed lyrics are alternated with "verses" in which the lyrics are different with each repetition. In this use of the word, chorus contrasts...
- Chorus Girl may refer to: "The Chorus Girl", an 1886 short story by Anton Chekhov Chorusgirl, a British pop band Chorus Girls, a 1981 musical A member...
- Verse–chorus form is a musical form going back to the 1840s, in such songs as "Oh! Susanna", "The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze", and many others...