declamation
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Here is declamation as we might have imagined coming from a rhapsode, for Mr. McKellen brings grandeur to his reading.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The actors' use of Classical French and historically faithful declamation could however disorientate some viewers.
From Barron's ● May 4, 2026
The opening credits of “Chariots of Fire” roll as a bunch of young runners progress in slow motion across a glum beach in Scotland, as a lazy, beat-backed tune rises to a magisterial declamation.
From Washington Times ● May 19, 2022
Michaela Schuster’s Klytämnestra was one of obvious gestures and a strained voice, which she occasionally sought to salvage with near-Sprechstimme declamation.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2022
After the long, torchlit approach, walking straight into the gaze of the snarling deity, mysterious bellows reverberating off the stone, the oracular declamation from above must have been spine-chilling.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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