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Singspiel
Pronunciation : Sing"spiel`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: 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.
[G.; singen to sing + spiel to play.] (Music)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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