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| Mu"sic dra`ma |
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An opera in which the text and action
are not interrupted by set arias, duets, etc., the music being
determined throughout by dramatic appropriateness] musical drama of
this character, in general. It involves the use of a kind of melodious
declamation, the development of leitmotif, great orchestral
elaboration, and a fusion of poetry, music, action, and scene into an
organic whole. The term is applied esp. to the later works of Wagner:
"Tristan und Isolde," "Die Meistersinger," "Rheingold,"
"Walküre," "Siegfried," "Götterdämmerung," and
"Parsifal."
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