Dutch concert
Dutch concert noun: a performance in which all the musicians play different songs at the same time.
Noun
Dutch concert (plural Dutch concerts)
- A performance in which all the musicians play different songs at the same time.
- Woe to light sleepers, whose delicate susceptibilities no rough campaigning usages had blunted as yet, for throughout the dreary night there was an everlasting Dutch concert of snortings, neighings, winnowings, squealings, from time to time diversified by the more practice misdemeanours of some...1859, Our Veterans of 1854: In Camp, and Before the Enemy
- Then we had, by special desire, a Dutch concert, in which all the children sang together what song each liked best, while Miss Mathers played the overture to Tancredi on the piano as an accompaniment. The effect was in the highest degree stunning, especially when Bijou joined in with a dismal howl.1860, Coyne, J. Stirling, Young Frank's Holidays, or, Doings Out of School
- Synonyms:
- Dutch medley
Synonyms of Dutch concert
Forms of Dutch concert
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Questions about Dutch concert
- What does Dutch concert mean?
- Dutch concert means a performance in which all the musicians play different songs at the same time.
- What part of speech is Dutch concert?
- Dutch concert is a noun.
- What is the plural of Dutch concert?
- The plural of Dutch concert is Dutch concerts.
Words near Dutch concert in the dictionary
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