sing·spiel /ˈsɪŋˌspil, ˈzɪŋˌʃpil/
  Sing·spiel n.  Music A dramatic work, partly in dialogue and partly in song, of a kind popular in Germany in the latter part of the 18th century. It was often comic, had modern characters, and patterned its music on folk song with strictly subordinated accompaniment.
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