recitativo

Noun

Meaning

Recitative.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

carol lay pastoral ballad cantata canticle bravura ditty recitative canzonet

Examples

Here, the forms were freer and less extended than in the serious genre and the set numbers were linked by recitativo secco, the exception being Donizetti's Don Pasquale in 1843. Source: Internet

In Ben Jonson 's Lovers Made Men (1617), "the whole masque was sung after the Italian manner, stilo recitativo". Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

recitative recitativelike recitatively recite recite quickly recited off