showbandn.

Brit.

/ˈʃəʊband/, U.S.

/ˈʃoʊˌbænd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: show n.¹, band n.³

Etymology: < show n.¹ + band n.³

1. A band which performs as part of a circus, fair, or other travelling show. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1843 Morning Post 26 June 5/6 The only thing to which it appears to us to resemble is the contention of rival show bands at a fair.

1897 Daily Herald (Delphos, Ohio) 16 July The W. S. Cleveland minstrel show appeared at the Sheeter opera house... The show band gave a parade on the streets.

1904 Index 31 Dec. 9/2 Should a circus come to the small town of Sewickley, you would find him marching along with the show band.

1956 Billboard 7 Apr. 52/2 He..played a major part in giving Merle Evans his first job with a show band, a job which led to Evans' long and colorful career as cornetist-leader with the Ringling-Barnum Circus band.

2. A jazz or dance band which combines visual entertainment or theatrical display with musical performance. Sometimes depreciative. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > company of instrumentalists > [noun] > band > type of

waits1298

consort1587

wait player1610

wind music1650

the fiddles1676

military band1775

German band1819

street band1826

brass band1834

promenade band1836

horn-band1849

pipe band1867

wind-band1876

Hungarian band1882

jazz band1916

jazz orchestra1916

big band1919

road band1922

Schrammel quartet1924

showband1926

spasm band1926

dance-band1927

marching band1930

name band1932

ork1933

silver band1933

sweet band1935

Schrammel orchestra1938

pop band1942

jug band1946

steel band1949

rehearsal band1957

skiffle band1957

ghost band1962

support band1969

support group1969

scratch band1982

1926 Melody Maker May 12/1 Whiteman's is purely a show band, giving a ‘turn’ on the stage.

1933 Fortune Aug. 48/1 Ellington has never compromised with the public taste for..‘show bands’ combining music with scenic effects, low comedy, and flag drills.

1952 B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. xiv. 162 The Cotton Pickers were best known as a show band.

1980 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 25 June He has brought along a whole showband, each number is a carefully set routine, his piano work is buried in the tumult and the performance has nothing much to do with jazz.

2003 D. B. Scott From Erotic to Demonic iii. 91 A show band was to be looked at, hence the routines: for example..Jack Payne's band positioned themselves around a model of a locomotive to play ‘Choo Choo’.

3. In Ireland: a dance band, usually with seven or more members, which plays cover versions of current pop songs and (sometimes also) traditional Irish music. Now chiefly historical.Showbands were especially popular in Ireland from the 1950s to the 1970s.

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1955 Pictorial (Ireland) 31 Dec. 12/3 The year 1955 may well go down in Irish dance band history as the year of showbands.

1971 Irish Times 1 Jan. 10/1 Since the '50s, the showbands..sprang up all over the country and have now almost completely replaced the ceili dance.

1996 R. H. Bayor & T. J. Meagher N.Y. Irish (1997) xix. 496 Irish showbands offered their audiences a popular and contemporary sound, yet uniquely Irish.

2014 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 7 Mar. 12 At a time when showbands still ruled Ireland's live music scene, the foursome..were touring the country with original material.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	showband
释义	showbandn. Brit. /ˈʃəʊband/, U.S. /ˈʃoʊˌbænd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: show n.¹, band n.³ Etymology: < show n.¹ + band n.³ 1. A band which performs as part of a circus, fair, or other travelling show. Now rare. ΚΠ 1843 Morning Post 26 June 5/6 The only thing to which it appears to us to resemble is the contention of rival show bands at a fair. 1897 Daily Herald (Delphos, Ohio) 16 July The W. S. Cleveland minstrel show appeared at the Sheeter opera house... The show band gave a parade on the streets. 1904 Index 31 Dec. 9/2 Should a circus come to the small town of Sewickley, you would find him marching along with the show band. 1956 Billboard 7 Apr. 52/2 He..played a major part in giving Merle Evans his first job with a show band, a job which led to Evans' long and colorful career as cornetist-leader with the Ringling-Barnum Circus band. 2. A jazz or dance band which combines visual entertainment or theatrical display with musical performance. Sometimes depreciative. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > company of instrumentalists > [noun] > band > type of waits1298 consort1587 wait player1610 wind music1650 the fiddles1676 military band1775 German band1819 street band1826 brass band1834 promenade band1836 horn-band1849 pipe band1867 wind-band1876 Hungarian band1882 jazz band1916 jazz orchestra1916 big band1919 road band1922 Schrammel quartet1924 showband1926 spasm band1926 dance-band1927 marching band1930 name band1932 ork1933 silver band1933 sweet band1935 Schrammel orchestra1938 pop band1942 jug band1946 steel band1949 rehearsal band1957 skiffle band1957 ghost band1962 support band1969 support group1969 scratch band1982 1926 Melody Maker May 12/1 Whiteman's is purely a show band, giving a ‘turn’ on the stage. 1933 Fortune Aug. 48/1 Ellington has never compromised with the public taste for..‘show bands’ combining music with scenic effects, low comedy, and flag drills. 1952 B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. xiv. 162 The Cotton Pickers were best known as a show band. 1980 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 25 June He has brought along a whole showband, each number is a carefully set routine, his piano work is buried in the tumult and the performance has nothing much to do with jazz. 2003 D. B. Scott From Erotic to Demonic iii. 91 A show band was to be looked at, hence the routines: for example..Jack Payne's band positioned themselves around a model of a locomotive to play ‘Choo Choo’. 3. In Ireland: a dance band, usually with seven or more members, which plays cover versions of current pop songs and (sometimes also) traditional Irish music. Now chiefly historical.Showbands were especially popular in Ireland from the 1950s to the 1970s. ΚΠ 1955 Pictorial (Ireland) 31 Dec. 12/3 The year 1955 may well go down in Irish dance band history as the year of showbands. 1971 Irish Times 1 Jan. 10/1 Since the '50s, the showbands..sprang up all over the country and have now almost completely replaced the ceili dance. 1996 R. H. Bayor & T. J. Meagher N.Y. Irish (1997) xix. 496 Irish showbands offered their audiences a popular and contemporary sound, yet uniquely Irish. 2014 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 7 Mar. 12 At a time when showbands still ruled Ireland's live music scene, the foursome..were touring the country with original material. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1843
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