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Singspiel

“sung play”; A form of German musical drama that used spoken dialogue in addition to musical numbers. Examples of “singspiel” are Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio, Von Weber’s Der Freischütz, and Beethoven’s Fidelio.

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