MELODRAMA
\mˌɛlədɹˈɑːmə], \mˌɛlədɹˈɑːmə], \m_ˌɛ_l_ə_d_ɹ_ˈɑː_m_ə]\
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Formerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. Now, a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the gravedigging scene of Beethoven's "Fidelio".
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Formerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. Now, a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the gravedigging scene of Beethoven's "Fidelio".
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A theatrical performance with songs.
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Melodramatic.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald