Meaning of chorusless | Babel Free

Definitions

Without a chorus.

not-comparable

Examples

“And not only the relative coherence of mythological plot, but the absence of a chorus from the plays of Epicharmus, so far as the fragments negatively attest, provide⟳ the requisite background for both the chorusless Hellenistic type⟳ and for an intermediate form⟳ in which a chorus, relatively inactive, perhaps appeared with an entrance song, but denied itself parabasis and regularly recurring chorika mele, as Platonius seems to assert and as the present⟳ text of the Plutus may serve⟳ to illustrate⟳.”

“Or you may say⟳ "this is all so bad, but I like⟳ the idea of the second verse..." and be able to make⟳ it into the chorus of a song that has at this point⟳ been chorusless.”

“Hence, the chorusless 1600 Quarto publication may be taken as approximating the public play-house form⟳ of the play⟳, while the Folio text relates to the court version of the play⟳, regardless of which of the two versions is regarded as taking precedence in point⟳ of time over the other.”

“The production was woefully inadequate, either because it should have⟳ been a big Hello, Dolly! type⟳ musical, or a chorusless, more intimate one (but that would have⟳ done me out of a job).”

“Hecuba has no such musical or aesthetic consolation, since all that remains for her is to “cry⟳ out chorusless woes.””

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