Greek chorus information

A Greek chorus (Greek: χορός, translit. chorós) in the context of ancient Greek tragedy, comedy, satyr plays, is a homogeneous group of performers, who...

Greek tragedy (Ancient Greek: τραγῳδία, romanized: tragōidía) is one of the three principal theatrical genres from Ancient Greece and Greek inhabited...

Flying Saucer Attack Chorus UK, a community choir in Sheffield, UK Greek chorus, a group of performers in the plays of classical Greece who comment on the...

Peck throughout her adolescence. Aside from Li'l Bit and Uncle Peck, a Greek Chorus of three is on hand to play all of the other characters in their lives...

Müllerin use strophic form. Antistrophe in the lyrical performances of the Greek chorus Tilmouth, Michael (2001). "Strophic". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630...

The film opens with a scene of ancient Greek ruins (the ancient theatre in Taormina, Sicily), where a Greek chorus begins to introduce and narrate the story...

ancient Greece, of which the 2nd century BC Delphic hymns and the 2nd century AD. hymns of Mesomedes are the most complete. The original Greek chorus sang...

type of lyric poetry that was created by the ancient Greeks and performed by choruses (see Greek chorus). Originally, it was accompanied by a lyre, a string...

employed such a chorus in Murder in the Cathedral but his chorus of uncles and aunts in The Family Reunion differs radically from the Greek model and his...

Lawrence, A. W., Greek Architecture, 1957, Penguin, Pelican history of art Pathmanathan, R. Sri (1965). "Death in Greek tragedy". Greece and Rome. 12 (1):...

the form of travelling minstrels or troubadours as a kind of musical Greek chorus and framing device. The film was directed by Elliot Silverstein from...

derives from the Greek ὀρχήστρα (orchestra), the name for the area in front of a stage in ancient Greek theatre reserved for the Greek chorus. In the Baroque...

Orchard Halliwell's suggestion that it was a corruption of an ancient Greek chorus was probably passed to him as a hoax by George Burges. Another theory...

Agonistes, with the strophe chanted by a Greek chorus as it moved from right to left across the scene. Strophe (from Greek στροφή, "turn, bend, twist") is a...

Guinness World Record by kissing for 32 hours. The book includes a "Greek chorus" of the generation of gay men who died of AIDS. Throughout the narrative...

name hadn't been Eugenides, people wouldn't have called the narrator a Greek chorus". Several writers have also noted the similarities between The Virgin...

Odysseus, Helen of Troy, and her relationships with her parents. A Greek chorus of the twelve maids, who Odysseus believed were disloyal and whom Telemachus...

genus comes from the Greek pseudes (false) and akris (locust), probably a reference to the repeated rasping trill of most chorus frogs, which is similar...

each section to allow other characters to speak directly, much like a Greek chorus. The novel received critical acclaim. Kirkus Reviews gave the novel a...

Choreia (Ancient Greek: χορεία, romanized: choreía) is a circle dance accompanied by singing (see Greek chorus, choros), in ancient Greece. Homer refers...

Little Shop of Horrors as Chiffon, one of The Supremes-like girl group Greek Chorus, along with future Martin co-star and best friend, Tichina Arnold. After...

Clio, Melpomene, Terpsichore, and Thalia, who collectively serve as a Greek chorus. The tallest of the five, Calliope sometimes acts as de facto leader...

who seemingly is an officer but serves as Hummel's conscience and a Greek chorus–like figure as well. Although injured repeatedly, Hummel is so determined...

Available are told in a densely surrealistic manner, notably making use of a Greek chorus and a particular piano composition that is presented as a theme for one...