Recitative (/ˌrɛsɪtəˈtiːv/, also known by its Italian name recitativo ([retʃitaˈtiːvo]) is a style of delivery (much used in operas, oratorios, and cantatas)...

in mind." In the final form of the oratorio, the text is structured as recitative passages of the text of Genesis, often set to minimal accompaniment, interspersed...

tenor Evangelist in secco recitative accompanied only by continuo. Soloists sing the words of various characters, also in recitative; in addition to Jesus...

usually occurring in an opera or oratorio, falling somewhere between recitative and aria in style. Literally, arioso means airy. The term arose in the...

used interchangeably, Sprechgesang is directly related to the operatic recitative manner of singing (in which pitches are sung, but the articulation is...

style is also known as liturgical recitative, though it differs in some important ways from other types of recitative. In the medieval church, the whole...

couplets: "Quand une femme est si jolie" (When a woman is so pretty) (Gérald) Recitative: "Nous commettons un sacrilège" (We are committing sacrilege) (Gérald)...

movements are simple oratorio forms such as recitative and aria, others explore hybrid combinations, such as recitative with choir, for dramatic effect. The...

comique. In traditional number opera, singers employ two styles of singing: recitative, a speech-inflected style, and self-contained arias. The 19th century...

composition. The work establishes in opera the dual resource of aria and recitative, and it explores the use of solo, ensemble and choral singing. Peri's...

Introduction: "Found a peanut!" 5. Recitative: "Ah, dear husband"     Aria: "Stay with me" 6. Recitative: "Suzanna" 7. Recitative: "Dog!"     Aria: "Perfidy,...

recitative) Awful pleasing being, say (Alto aria) Joshua, I come commission'd (Tenor, Soprano recitative) Leader of Israel (Tenor, Soprano recitative)...

Telemann. Noteworthy in the score are the number and quality of accompanied recitatives (a characteristic it shares with Il Pompeo), and the sheer variety of...

terrenæ / Ah! non conturbate", recitative, aria, recitative "Alta gloria, cara vita! / Anhelo spe costante", aria, recitative "O auræ serenaæ / Ardeno suspiro...

author supplied additional poetry for the inner movements as sequences of recitative and duet, based on the love poetry of the Song of Songs. Bach structured...

betreten Recitative (Evangelist, Jesus): Und nahm zu sich Petrus und Jakobus und Johannes Chorale: Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit Recitative (Evangelist...

the Prophets) 8. Recitative & Chorus — Sie aber stürmten auf ihn ein; Steiniget ihn! (Then they ran upon him; Stone him!) 9. Recitative & Chorale — Und...

"Accompagnato" is a recitative accompanied by the orchestra, rather than by continuo instruments only, as in the passages marked "recitative".) Arrival of the...

Handel composed for London, focused overwhelmingly on solo arias and recitatives for the star singers and contained very little else; they did not feature...

vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical...

reconstructions are attempted. However, since Bach's recitative is lost, most reconstructions use the recitatives composed for a Markus-Passion attributed to Reinhard...

for Galatea. Instead of a repetition of the first stanza, Rolli has a recitative between Galatea and Polifemo before commencing the second verse. Rolli...

lebendig" Recitative: "Du hast gesiegt" Aria: "Soll ich vor dir, Herr" Duet: "So sind wir nun mit ihm begraben" Aria: "Geerbte Schuld" Recitative: "Nimm...

with a spoken recitative, before singing the two verses. He repeated the second half of the first verse the second time around. The Recitative goes: "The...

"Accompagnato" is a recitative accompanied by the orchestra, rather than by continuo instruments only, as in the passages marked "recitative".) The 1996 production...

Lute, Lyrichord and other Instruments" HWV 294 for performance after the recitative Timotheus, plac'd on high in Part I; a concerto grosso in C major in 4...

Geist". The poet connected the first recitative to the following aria by starting the two thoughts in the recitative by a related line from the aria as...

instrumental overture of three movements (fast-slow-fast) and then a series of recitatives containing dialogue interspersed with arias expressing the emotions of...

forms including opera and oratorio, which use terms such as aria and recitative instead. A song can be sung without accompaniment by instrumentalists...

Bach structured the cantata in five movements, alternating arias and recitatives. He scored the work for an alto soloist and a small ensemble of oboe...