SINGSPIEL
\sˈɪŋspiːl], \sˈɪŋspiːl], \s_ˈɪ_ŋ_s_p_iː_l]\
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A dramatic work, partly in dialogue and partly in song, of a kind popular in Germany in the latter part of the 18th century. It was often comic, had modern characters, and patterned its music on folk song with strictly subordinated accompaniment.
By Oddity Software
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A dramatic work, partly in dialogue and partly in song, of a kind popular in Germany in the latter part of the 18th century. It was often comic, had modern characters, and patterned its music on folk song with strictly subordinated accompaniment.
By Noah Webster.
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sing'sp[=e]l, n. a semi-dramatic representation in which a series of incidents are set forth in alternate dialogue and song, now a kind of opera in which the music is subordinated to the words. [Ger., singen, to sing, spiel, play.]
By Thomas Davidson
