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musical (n.)
"theatrical piece in which music figures prominently," 1937, from
musical
(adj.) in
musical play
. Earlier as a noun it meant "musical instrument" (c. 1500), "musical performance" (1570s); "musical party" (1823, a sense now in
musicale
).