Recitative (/ˌrɛsɪtəˈtiːv/, also known by its Italian name recitativo ([retʃitaˈtiːvo]) is a style of delivery (much used in operas, oratorios, and cantatas)...
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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...
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tenor Evangelist in secco recitative accompanied only by continuo. Soloists sing the words of various characters, also in recitative; in addition to Jesus...
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usually occurring in an opera or oratorio, falling somewhere between recitative and aria in style. Literally, arioso means airy. The term arose in the...
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used interchangeably, Sprechgesang is directly related to the operatic recitative manner of singing (in which pitches are sung, but the articulation is...
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Accentus (redirect from Liturgical Recitative)
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...
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couplets: "Quand une femme est si jolie" (When a woman is so pretty) (Gérald) Recitative: "Nous commettons un sacrilège" (We are committing sacrilege) (Gérald)...
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movements are simple oratorio forms such as recitative and aria, others explore hybrid combinations, such as recitative with choir, for dramatic effect. The...
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comique. In traditional number opera, singers employ two styles of singing: recitative, a speech-inflected style, and self-contained arias. The 19th century...
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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...
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Introduction: "Found a peanut!" 5. Recitative: "Ah, dear husband" Aria: "Stay with me" 6. Recitative: "Suzanna" 7. Recitative: "Dog!" Aria: "Perfidy,...
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recitative) Awful pleasing being, say (Alto aria) Joshua, I come commission'd (Tenor, Soprano recitative) Leader of Israel (Tenor, Soprano recitative)...
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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...
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terrenæ / Ah! non conturbate", recitative, aria, recitative "Alta gloria, cara vita! / Anhelo spe costante", aria, recitative "O auræ serenaæ / Ardeno suspiro...
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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...
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betreten Recitative (Evangelist, Jesus): Und nahm zu sich Petrus und Jakobus und Johannes Chorale: Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit Recitative (Evangelist...
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the Prophets) 8. Recitative & Chorus — Sie aber stürmten auf ihn ein; Steiniget ihn! (Then they ran upon him; Stone him!) 9. Recitative & Chorale — Und...
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"Accompagnato" is a recitative accompanied by the orchestra, rather than by continuo instruments only, as in the passages marked "recitative".) Arrival of the...
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Handel composed for London, focused overwhelmingly on solo arias and recitatives for the star singers and contained very little else; they did not feature...
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vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical...
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reconstructions are attempted. However, since Bach's recitative is lost, most reconstructions use the recitatives composed for a Markus-Passion attributed to Reinhard...
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for Galatea. Instead of a repetition of the first stanza, Rolli has a recitative between Galatea and Polifemo before commencing the second verse. Rolli...
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lebendig" Recitative: "Du hast gesiegt" Aria: "Soll ich vor dir, Herr" Duet: "So sind wir nun mit ihm begraben" Aria: "Geerbte Schuld" Recitative: "Nimm...
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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...
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"Accompagnato" is a recitative accompanied by the orchestra, rather than by continuo instruments only, as in the passages marked "recitative".) The 1996 production...
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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...
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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...
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instrumental overture of three movements (fast-slow-fast) and then a series of recitatives containing dialogue interspersed with arias expressing the emotions of...
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forms including opera and oratorio, which use terms such as aria and recitative instead. A song can be sung without accompaniment by instrumentalists...
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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...
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