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part-songs

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plural of part-song

as in madrigals

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Then there’s the entertainment team including a pair of dancers who tackle everything from the tango to bachata, a singer who goes for Alicia Keys-style ballads, a jazzy vocalist, and a piano player.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
By 2017, Cyrus was covering her tattoos with makeup, wearing all white, and singing ballads of marital devotion.

— Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of ballads

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If Rae had said no, Costanzo said the company might have sought a young singer or as a last resort cut the character's four arias and one duet, leaving only Aspasia's recitative.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
The opera contains five arias, and Baby Doe sings three big duets all set to a uniquely American melodies.

— Libby Smith, CBS News, 14 July 2026

Definition of arias

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In the southernmost car, dozens press together and sway in their prayer shawls to the hymns of the morning service.

— Ben Corn, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2026
The scholar of religion Friedrich Max Müller (1823–1900) noticed that many Vedic hymns praise different deities using the same superlatives and ascribe to them the same mythological feats.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of hymns

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Scrolling SoundCloud the other week, I was reminded of the Blackberry arguments, email apologies, and voicemail serenades of the Heartbreak Drake era.

— Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 14 May 2026
Clips from the Pitt-Stanford game spread rapidly on Bluesky, where multiple users captured separate free-throw serenades and posted them individually.

— Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Mar. 2026

Definition of serenades

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Brand standards ensure spectacular services and top notch amenities and comfort.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
Residents will have a chance to weigh in Saturday during a community meeting for the downtown Lincoln master plan and its objective design and development standards.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of standards

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Psalm 23 is numbered Psalm 22 in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate because of differences in how the psalms are divided and numbered.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026
Because the psalms were originally accompanied by instruments, scholars’ best guess is that selah was some sort of musical marking.

— Drew Goins, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026

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