Word Finder - choruses

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A group of singers and dancers in the religious festivals of ancient Greece.

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A group of people in a play or performance who recite together.

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A group of singers; singing group who perform together.

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The performance of the chorus was awe-inspiring and exhilarating.

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A repeated part of a song.

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The catchiest part of most songs is the chorus.

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• refrain

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The improvised solo section in a small group performance.

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A setting or feature in electronic music that makes one voice sound like many.

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A group of people or animals who make sounds together

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a chorus of crickets

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The noise made by such a group.

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a chorus of shouts and catcalls

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An actor who reads the opening and closing lines of a play.

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To sing or recite in chorus.

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To say in unison; to express in unison.

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To echo (a particular sentiment).

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To sing the chorus (of a song).

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To speak as if in chorus (about something).

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To echo in unison another person's words.

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(of animals) To make their cry together.

Rhyme is employed in the choruses only.

As much as I love the refreshing informality of contemporary praise choruses, there is nothing quite like the great hymns of our faith.

It's full of great, memorable hooks, powerful choruses and dynamic riffs, whilst still reeking of pure malevolence.

A little ornamentation has even been added to some of the choruses.

Each cantata has its own orchestration, and mood, but all reflect joyful celebration - bells, trumpets, timpani and joyful choruses.

In Portland, as in Bangor, the Maine Music Festival (begun in 1897) is held every year in October, three concerts being given by a chorus composed of local choruses trained in different cities of the state for the festival.

The compositions belonging to the period of his residence at Weimar comprise two pianoforte concertos, in E flat and in A, the " Todtentanz," the " Concerto pathetique " for two pianos, the solo sonata " An Robert Schumann," sundry " Etudes," fifteen " Rhapsodies Hongroises," twelve orchestral " Poemes symphoniques, " " Eine Faust Symphonie," and " Eine Symphonie zu Dante's ` Divina Commedia,' " the " 13th Psalm " for tenor solo, chorus and orchestra, the choruses to Herder's dramatic scenes " Prometheus," and the " Missa solennis " known as the " Graner Fest' Messe."

Tonally, the Victorian organs are robust, with at least two complete manual choruses and mainly quint mixtures.

The first is the guitar piece which alternates between two keys, one for the verses and one for the choruses.

It's a simple song that starts with a drum beat and soon adds in vibrant choruses.

As in choruses baritone and low tenor singers always prevail, d - d', at French or at medium pitch, would really be the.

The associations of his home, not far from Corinth, where Arion was said to have established the cyclic choruses of satyrs, may account for his preference for this kind of drama.

Produced at Paris in 1828, it rapidly became a European favourite, and its overture, songs and choruses were everywhere heard.

This success was followed up by the production of the Comediens (1820), a poor play, with little plot, and the Paria (1821), with still less, but containing some well-written choruses.

According to Suidas, his name was originally Tisias, but was changed to Stesichorus ("organizer of choruses").

Bach's method is to treat each clause of his text as a separate movement, alternating choruses with groups of arias; a method which was independently adopted by Mozart in those larger masses in which he transcends the Neapolitan type, such as the great unfinished Mass in,C minor.

Another early influence was the verse anthem of the English baroque, in which florid solos alternated with slightly more sedate choruses.

Coming on like The Coral jamming with The Who, Cohesion do terrace chant choruses to die for.

The evening was rounded off with a few rousing choruses of harvest hymns.

The seriousness of the songs are honey coated in sweet harmonies and singalong choruses, but don't let that fool you.

They are a melodic guitar band with catchy tunes and infectious sing-a-long choruses, and somewhat unsurprisingly, they're creating a storm.

In bitesize chunks of a song or two, they're great better hooks and better sing-along choruses than their peers.