music drama

mu·sic dra·ma

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [myoo-zik drah-muh, dram-uh]
- /ˈmyu zɪk ˈdrɑ mə, ˈdræm ə/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [myoo-zik drah-muh, dram-uh]
- /ˈmyu zɪk ˈdrɑ mə, ˈdræm ə/

Definitions of music drama words

noun music drama an opera having more or less continuous musical and dramatic activity without arias, recitatives, or ensembles. 1
noun music drama an opera in which the musical and dramatic elements are of equal importance and strongly interfused 0
noun music drama the genre of such operas 0
noun music drama a form of opera, specif. as developed by Richard Wagner, characterized by a continuous flow of orchestral music, with an integrative use of musical themes (leitmotifs), and singing that is free from formal division into arias, recitatives, etc. 0

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Origin of music drama

First appearance:

before 1875

One of the 25% newest English words

First recorded in 1875-80

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music drama popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 61% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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