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music hall Definition

music hall

noun

  1. an auditorium for musical or theatrical productions
  2. Brit. a vaudeville theater

music hall Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • Victorian: Victorian music hall was an entertainment a bit like today's theater, but much more rowdy!
  • British: Cool Calm and Collected show that the Stones were able to embrace a style more akin to British music hall with the honky-tonk piano.
  • early: In the early music halls, songs were central to the performance.

Modifies a noun

  • performer: One of his uncles was a pre-war music hall performer called Len Young the Singing Fool.
  • singer: Many great music hall singers went on to star in pantomime.
  • act: The original, very small stage was used to present music hall acts which were an integral part of cinema programs at that time.
  • stage: Parodies of the piece became popular as monologs on the music hall stage.
  • number: His father, a tailor by trade, loved music, and would sing the popular music hall numbers of the time.