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threnody noun[ C ] music, literature specializeduk /ˈθren.ə.di/ us /ˈθren.ə.di/ a sad song or poem, especially remembering someone who has died: The composer's threnody for the victims of the war was his most famous work. The final movement's threnody is extremely moving. She delivered a threnody at the funeral that she had written herself. In my sombre mood, I imagined that the wind blowing through the birch trees was like a threnody. The slow movement ends with a threnody featuring soaring and swooping string parts. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Singing a cappella accompaniment accompany alto anthem coloratura contralto countertenor croon crooner dirge intonation playback singer prima donna psalm quartet quintet singsong the Internationale warble
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