comédie en vaudevilles

Definition of the French term comédie en vaudevilles in music:

  1. French theatrical genre from the late 17th and 18th centuries combining spoken comedic dialogue with popular songs (vaudevilles)
Language
French
Singular
comédie en vaudevilles
Plural
comédies en vaudevilles
Variants
comédie de vaudevillecomédie vaudevilleopéra comique en vaudeville

Related terms

French musical terms related to comédie en vaudevilles:

  • comédie – comedy (play characterized by a humorous or satiri...
  • comique – comical, humorous
  • de – of, from, by, with
  • en – in...
  • opéra – opera...
  • vaudeville – vaudeville (theatrical genre of variety entertainm...