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Word: diri (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...present bizarre, not to say impossible, form, it provides only "nonsense syllables" for the singers. Thus the basses open by chanting "easygoingly but richly," in the following language: "Ta da di da ra da da." The tenors enter with "Dum pum pum pum ti di diri diri"; then the ladies: "Tara dira dara diri didi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Nonsense Syllables | 5/12/1924 | See Source »

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