chorus
suomi-englanti sanakirjachorus englannista suomeksi
tanssiryhmä, balettiryhmä
lausua kuorossa
kreikkalainen kuoro
kuoro
kertosäe
laulaa kuorossa
chorus englanniksi
A group of singers and dancers in a theatrical performance or religious festival who commented on the main performance in speech or song.
(RQ:Plutarch Holland Morals)'', reſembling the ſpeech of a ''Chorus'' in a tragedie from a ſcaffold, ſhould pronounce her anſwers not in ſimple, plaine, and triviall termes, without any grace to ſet them out, but with Poeticall magnificence of high and ſtately verſes, diſguiſed as it were with metaphors and figurative phraſes, yea, and that which more is, with ſound of flute and hautboies: (..)
A song performed by the singers of such a group.
(RQ:Milton Reason)
An actor who reads the prologue and epilogue of a play, and sometimes also acts as a commentator or narrator; also, a portion of a play read by this actor.
(RQ:Marlowe Doctor Faustus)
(RQ:Shakespeare Hamlet Q1-2)
(RQ:Jonson Cynthia's Revels) ''From'' ſpaniſh ''ſhrugs'', french ''faces, ſmirks, irps, and all affected humours'': / (smallcaps) Good (mythology)|(smallcaps) defend vs.
(RQ:Shakespeare Winter's Tale)
A group of singers performing together; a choir; specifically, such a group singing together in a musical, an opera, etc., as distinct from the soloists; an ensemble.
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A group of people in a performance who recite together.
(RQ:Bulwer-Lytton Harold)
A group of people, animals{{, or inanimate objects who make sounds together.
(quote-journal) As summer proceeds, listen to the chorus of machines humming in the windows, outside the houses, atop the office buildings.
The noise or sound made by such a group.
(quote-web) to strike the bar from 20 yards before referee Atkinson|Martin Atkinson departed to a deafening chorus of jeering from Everton's fans.
(quote-journal) On Monday, US President Joe Biden joined the chorus, accusing oil companies of “war profiteering” and threatening them with big new levies if they fail to bring down consumer prices.
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The opinion expressed by such a group.
A piece of music, especially one in a larger work such as an opera, written to be sung by a choir in parts (for example, by sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses).
A part of a song which is repeated between verses to emphasize the song's content; a refrain.
(RQ:Smollett Peregrine Pickle)|page=10|column=1|passage=The commodore, the lieutenant, and landlord, joined in the chorus, repeating this elegant ſtanza: (..)
(quote-book)|title=Welsh Melodies: With Welsh and English Poetry|location=London|publisher=Addison, Hollier & Lucas|year=1862|section=stanza 2|page=140|oclc=1118307767|passage=See the flowing bowl before us, / Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la! / Strike the harp and join the chorus. / Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!
The main part of a song played after the introduction.
A group of pipes or stops intended to be played simultaneously; a compound stop; also, the sound made by such pipes or stops.
A feature or setting in music that makes one instrument sound like many.
A simple, often repetitive, song intended to be sung in a group during informal worship.
The improvised solo section in a small group performance.
(quote-book) and recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra as "In the Mood," becoming the biggest hit of the Swing Era.
(quote-book): Master of Modernism|location=New York, N.Y.; London|publisher=W. Norton & Company|William Warder Norton & Company|year=2014|page=299|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/louisarmstrongma0000brot/page/299/mode/1up|isbn=978-0-393-06582-4|passage=Jazz solos in the 1920s are much more about variety and discontinuity than unity and coherence. The explosive introduction, the instrutable and tender scat-clarinet dialogue, the spritely piano chorus, and the majestic trumpet chorus—contrast is far more important than unity.
To sing (a song), express (a sentiment), or recite or say (words) chorus.
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(quote-book) |location=Edinburgh |publisher=and Boyd|Oliver & Boyd; London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green |year=1826 |volume=II |page=125 |pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=fHn-wJG36iQC&pg=PA125 |oclc=459003796 |passage=In the middle of the little woody bay, or rather basin, which received the scanty waters of the stream, an armed sloop lay at anchor, and he heard the din of license and carousal on board,—the hasty oath—the hearty laugh—and the boisterous song, chorussed by a score of rough voices, which made the bay re-echo.
(RQ:Scott Woodstock)
(RQ:Carroll Sylvie and Bruno) I could not even ''affect'' to join in the stereotyped "Oh, ''thank'' you!" which was chorused around me.
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(quote-book)|series=The Vintage Library of Contemporary World Literature|edition=Aventura Books|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=Books|Vintage|year=1981|year_published=September 1983|page=194|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/akyearsofchild00soyi/page/194/mode/1up|isbn=978-0-394-72219-1|passage=Again the women chorussed their approval.
(quote-book) They jumped right up and, while they were suspended in the air, drove their bayonets into an imaginary enemy's throat, chorusing 'Kill! kill! kill!'
To express concurrence with (something said by another person); to echo.
(RQ:Poe Works)
(RQ:Defoe True-Born Englishman)
To sing the chorus or refrain of a song.
1785, (w), ''Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides|The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D'', Wednesday, 8th September, 1773, http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/6018/pg6018-images.html
- Malcolm sung an Erse song, the chorus of which was 'Hatyin foam foam eri', with words of his own. (..) the boatmen and Mr M’Queen chorused, and all went well.
To sing, express, or say in, or as if in, unison.
(RQ:Richardson Clarissa)
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(RQ:Orwell Animal Farm)
{{quote-text|en|year=1986|author=C. Winkler|Anthony Winkler|title=The Painted Canoe|pageurl=https://books.google.ca/books?id=MjHATg2R3dIC&printsec=frontcoverv=onepage&q&f=false|chapter=2|page=20|publisher=University of Chicago Press
{{quote-journal|en|author=George Galloway|journal=Hansard|date=25 November 1998|titleurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212095659/https://www.hansard-corpus.org/
{{quote-journal|en|title=Miracle Man|journal=(magazine)|Time|date=20 October 1947|titleurl=http://corpus.byu.edu/time/x4.asp?t=804328&ID=30904300
{{quote-text|en|year=1987|author=Tanith Lee|title=Night's Sorceries|page=122|publisher=Daw Books|location=New York
1998, (w), ''The Path to the Nest of Spiders|The Path to the Spiders' Nests'', translated by Archibald Colquhoun, revised by (w), Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, 1998, Chapter Two, p. 51,
- The hens are now sleeping in rows on their perches in the coops, and the frogs are out of the water and chorusing away along the bed of the whole torrent, from source to mouth.
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improvisation by a soloist for part of all of a theme
an audio effect used on the guitar to give the impression that multiple instruments are playing the same time
chorus (all forms); a performance with dancing and singing; a troop or band of dancers and singers; performers
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{{quote-book|pt|year=1986|author=Paulo Anis Lima|title=Trip|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=uy0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA2-PA75&dq=%22chorus%22v=onepage&q=%22chorus%22%|page=75
{{quote-text|pt|year=2010|author=Antonio Adolfo|title=Arranjo: um enfoque atual|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=k3laDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA65&dq=%22chorus%22v=onepage|page=64|publisher=Lumiar Editora
{{quote-text|pt|year=2016|author=Daniel Luiz Alves|title=Desvendando Seu Setup: Como melhorar seu som|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=1wVyDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22chorus%22v=onepage|page=65|publisher=Clube de Autores