chorale
pronunciation
How to pronounce chorale in British English:
UK [kɒˈrɑ:l]
How to pronounce chorale in American English:
US [kəˈræl]
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- Noun:
- a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune
Word Origin
- chorale (n.)
- 1828, "sacred choral song," from German Choral "metrical hymn in Reformed church," shortened from Choralgesang "choral song," translating Medieval Latin cantus choralis, from Latin cantus (see chant (v.)) + choralis (see choral). The -e was added to indicate stress. Meaning "group of singers" is 1942.
Example
- 1. The kona festival chorale tree .
- 2. This is the day delta state university chorale snafu blog .
- 3. Colorado children 's chorale is one of the three best children 's chorales .
- 4. Indeed , the particular association of this chorale melody , supposedly written by martin luther himself , with the founding of the lutheran church continued into the nineteenth century ; witness felix mendelssohn 's use of it in the finale of his " reformation " symphony .
- 5. A composition for organ using a chorale as a basis for variations .