dramatico-musical

American  

[druh-ma-tuh-koh-myoo-zi-kuhl] / drəˌmæ tə koʊˈmyu zɪ kəl /

adjective

1. of relating to a theatrical work whose story elements, especially the plot, are primarily driven by music.

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Example Sentences

A copy of the alleged infringement of copyright, if actually made, and a copy of the work alleged to be infringed, should accompany the petition, or its absence be explained; except in cases of alleged infringement by the public performance of dramatic and dramatico-musical compositions, the delivery of lectures, sermons, addresses, and so forth, the infringement of copyright upon sculptures and other similar works and in any case where it is not feasible.

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What is a dramatico-musical composition As to what is a musical composition, the term defines itself.

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But in the case of a "dramatico-musical" work, where the libretto and the music are by different authors, the respective terms may end at different dates, as was held in 1905, and upheld in 1909, by the German courts as to the opera "Carmen" under the Franco-German convention limiting copyright to thirty years after death.

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"Consequently, the representation of a dramatic or dramatico-musical work, the performance of a musical work ... do not constitute publication."

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International definitions Dramatic and musical works were specifically included under the protection of the International Copyright Convention of Berne, 1886, by the definition in article IV of "literary and artistic works" as including "dramatic or dramatico-musical works; musical compositions with or without words."

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