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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 s…
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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.
- A dramatic work, partly in dialogue and partly in song, of akind popular in Germany in the latter part of the 18th century. Itwas often comic, had modern characters, and patterned its music onfolk song with strictly subordinated accompaniment.