What is a half chorus; a passage to be sung by a selected portion of the voices, as the female voices only, in contrast with the full choir called?
semichorus — A half chorus; a passage to be sung by a selected portion of the voices, as the female voices only, in contrast with the full choir. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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