liturgical drama
Americannoun
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Still, in its overall musical character, “Curlew River” is like a modern-day medieval liturgical drama.
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2014
Petit de Julleville sees in the play a satiric intention and a veiled incredulity that put the piece outside the category of liturgical drama.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
The English stage had made use of songs, in fact, ever since the liturgical drama of the Middle Ages.
From A Study of Poetry by Perry, Bliss
Musically it was radically different in character from the opera, as it was from the liturgical drama.
From Some Forerunners of Italian Opera by Henderson, W. J. (William James)
Coussemaker finds that this lyric drama had in its inception two chief varieties, namely, the secular drama, and the religious or liturgical drama.
From Some Forerunners of Italian Opera by Henderson, W. J. (William James)
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