Meaning of melodeclamation | Babel Free

Definitions

The practice of reciting poetry while accompanied by concert music.

countable, historical, uncountable

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Examples

“One of these is found in the salon song for voice and piano, which is suddenly invaded by melodeclamations and mythological themes. One of the most prominent contributors here was Vladimir Rebikov (1866௅1920), whose piano cycles[…]”

“When combined with dialogue we get a kind of melodeclamation, and then both dialogue and music are faced with the demands generally presented to melodeclamation, that is to say, coincidence of rhythm, and their artistic symbiosis,[…]”

“Then she found the sheet music for melodeclamation that she had taken from Russia , and that occasioned an explanation of the beauties of Russian diction . " It's a euphonious language — consonant , vowel , consonant , vowel — and I[…]”

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