单词 | table song |
释义 | > as lemmastable song table song n. (a) [in spec. use with reference to ancient Greek songs, translating ancient Greek σκόλιον scolion n.] a song sung or performed at table, esp. at a feast or festival; (Ancient Greek History) one sung by the guests at a banquet in turn; †(b) [after German Tafellied (early 19th cent. or earlier)] a German part-song of the kind typically sung by a Liedertafel (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > song at banquet scolion1603 table song1788 1788 A. Jardine Lett. from Barbary, France, &c. I. xxi. 399 I think those single naked table songs are very properly wearing out of fashion, and will, I hope, remain so, till people learn to accompany themselves. 1831 Amer. Ann. Educ. & Instr. 1 243 An appropriate table song elevated their hearts. 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii. xxix. 109 [Archilochus] was the earliest popular and successful composer of table-songs or Skolia. 1857 Musical World 30 May 344/1 The German table-song, it cannot be denied, is rapidly declining. 1949 D. F. W. van Lennep in Euripides Sel. Plays I. Introd. 31 We cannot but agree with the advice contained in the famous Attic table-song. 1991 A. Unterman Dict. Jewish Lore & Legend 209/1 Table songs sung at family meals on shabbat and to a lesser extent on festivals. < as lemmas |
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