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patter song

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patter song
n
(Music, other) Music a humorous song or aria, the text of which consists of rapid strings of words


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And it did just that, as Edna all too soon ditched the audience banter to deliver her own tribute to her homeland Australia; a musical journey from Creation to the present day complete with soaring choir, Gilbert & Sullivanesque themes and place name patter song.
Thomas Hammons' deus ex machine Dulcamara came and went like a plump magician in a purple hat, pouring out the character's pronouncements and patter songs in a husky, chuckling bass-baritone.
Back in postwar Canada, his repertoire ranged from Gilbert and Sullivan - he was a master of the patter songs - to the brand new Benjamin Britten opera, Peter Grimes, but his big popular break came when he returned to Britain in 1951.
 
 
 
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