music hall
1
7.8
- noun
- /ˈmjuːzɪk hɔːl/
- Archaic
:
salón de música
- Many famous artists got their start in the lively atmosphere of a music hall.
- British music hall
Examples
-
You know, the French music hall star?
-
They are going to have a music hall there?
-
It took 10 years to finally get a music hall on this site, but look at how SS has changed for the better!
Blog text (1) -
He he takes over, you could say song forms from the the British Music Hall, which is something like vaudeville.
-
And as I say, is it's popular forms like Music Hall and variety that I think are inherently democratic and demotic.
-
A former stair landing backlit by a panel of amber glass became "the music hall"—perfect, I imagined, for a string quartet of midgets.
Fiction book (1996) -
The music hall was filled with laughter and applause as the performers took the stage.
-
In the late 19th century, the music hall became a popular venue for variety shows and live entertainment.
Synonyms
23
9.5
A live show with many short acts like songs and comedy
11
3.4
A show made of different short acts like songs, dances, and jokes
How Varied
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'music hall' is directly compositional: 'music' (musical performance) + 'hall' (a building for gatherings) yields a venue for musical/variety entertainment. While historical or genre-specific nuances (late 19th–early 20th-century variety shows) may not be known, a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the basic meaning.
Etymology
Music hall comes from the plain picture of a large public hall where people went to hear music, songs and comic acts; in Victorian Britain these rooms were packed with singers, dancers and jokes, so the name became linked to that kind of show. That's why it means 'a place for popular entertainment' today.