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patter song
noun
- a comic song depending for its humorous effect on rapid enunciation of the words, occurring most commonly in comic opera and operetta.
patter song
noun
- music a humorous song or aria, the text of which consists of rapid strings of words
Word History and Origins
Origin of patter song1
Example Sentences
The joke-packed patter song, about three infants who are all suspects in the murder of their mother, was a source of narrative tension, since Martin’s character was extremely nervous about performing it in full.
It’s a huge moment in the show and a huge patter song.
Oliver brings in Matthew Broderick, playing himself with exaggerated smarm, who effortlessly breezes through the patter song.
He was completely game to sing this absurd, tongue-twisting, joke-packed patter song about three infants who are all suspects in the murder of their mother — but he hesitated on the line: “Should a baby get fried for matricide?”
For the “Pickwick” patter song, they reached out to Shaiman and Scott Wittman, the theater veterans who musicalized “Hairspray” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” — and who actually gave Pasek and Paul their big break on Season 2 of TV series “Smash” in 2013.
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