orphéon
orphéon noun: a French male choral society.
Noun
orphéon (plural orphéons)
- A French male choral society.
- It was but a short step, therefore, from the harmony of the orphéons to an ideal of harmony in the workshops and factories, and within the social body as a whole.1997, John Sandys Cornell, Social Harmony: Music, Modernism and the Mass Public in Nineteenth-Century France, University of Michigan, →ISBN, page 50
- Every orphéon had its emblems, uniforms (an expression of uniformity, as in schools), banners, medals, conviviality, and shared memories.2015, Sophie-Anne Leterrier, “Choral Societies and Nationalist Mobilization in Nineteenth-Century France”, in Krisztina Lajosi, Andreas Stynen, editors, Choral Societies and Nationalism in Europe...
Forms of orphéon
| plural | orphéons |
|---|---|
| alternative form | orpheon |
Origin of orphéon
From French orphéon.
Questions about orphéon
- What does orphéon mean?
- Orphéon means a French male choral society.
- What part of speech is orphéon?
- Orphéon is a noun.
- What is the plural of orphéon?
- The plural of orphéon is orphéons.
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