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noun
an opera having more or less continuous musical and dramatic activity without arias, recitatives, or ensembles.
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Origin of music drama
First recorded in 1875–80
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British Dictionary definitions for music drama
music drama
noun
an opera in which the musical and dramatic elements are of equal importance and strongly interfused
the genre of such operas
Word Origin for music drama
C19: translation of German Musikdrama, coined by Wagner to describe his later operas
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