Meanings
plural musicales
- A musical entertainment, usually private and typically involving classical music
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Dillman entertained two hundred guests this evening with a musicale at Playa Rienta, their ocean front home.
1928 February 12, “Palm Beach Society Dillmans' Guests”, in The New York Times, page 30
Origin
- Frenchsoirée musicale
- Englishmusicale
From the French soirée musicale.
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