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Definition of Sprechgesang noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Sprechgesang

noun

/ˈʃprexɡəzæŋ/

/ˈʃprexɡəzæŋ/

[uncountable] (music, from German)

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a style of singing which is between speaking and singing
Word OriginGerman, literally ‘speech song’.

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