In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
MELODRAMAS
Noun
melodramas
plural of melodrama
Source: Wiktionary
MELODRAMA
Mel`o*dra"ma, n. Etym: [F. mélodrame, fr. Gr.
Definition: Formerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. Now, a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the gravedigging scene of Beethoven's "Fidelio".
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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