Etymology

songspiel

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Today it means: An operatic musical drama in which spoken dialogue is interspersed with song. Full definition →

German Songspiel
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  1. German · borrowed fromSongspiel
  2. English todaysongspiel

From German Songspiel, from Singspiel. First used by Kurt Weill in the title Mahagonny, ein Songspiel.

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