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Encyclopedia Britannica



VAUDEVILLE

This article appears in Volume V27, Page 954 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: VAN-VIR
VAUDEVILLE , a
term
  now generally given to a musical drama of a light, humorous or comic description interspersed with songs and dances: In
English
  usage " vaudeville " is practically synonymous with what is more generally known as " musical comedy," but in America it is applied also to a music-
hall
  variety entertainment. This
modern
  sense is' developed from the French vaudeville of the 18th
century
 , a popular form of light dramatic composition, consisting of pantomime, dances, songs and dialogue, written in couplets. It is generally accepted that the word is to be identified with vau-de-wire, the name given to the convivial songs of the 15th
century
 . This name originated with a literary association known as the "Co7npagnons Gallois," i.e. boon companions " or " gay comrades " in the valley of the Vire and Virene in Normandy. The most famous of the authors of these songs was Olivier Basselfn(q.v.) When in the 17th century the
term
  had become applied to topical, satiric verses current in the towns, it was corrupted into its present form, either from a eau le vale, or voix de vale.


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