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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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series of
versicles and
responses forms the preces. The
versicle is sung
recitatively on a note with a
simple cadence. The
opening versicle before the first...
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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...
- in mind." In the
final form of the oratorio, the text is
structured as
recitative p****ages of the text of Genesis,
often set to
minimal accompaniment, inters****d...
- 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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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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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...
- expansive, on a
background of
repeated quavers in the instruments. The
first recitative is secco, only
accompanied by the continuo. The
second aria is set without...
- Lord
Harewood put it: the
music of
Semele is so full of variety, the
recitative so expressive, the
orchestration so inventive, the
characterization so...
- couplets: "Quand une
femme est si jolie" (When a
woman is so pretty) (Gérald)
Recitative: "Nous
commettons un sacrilège" (We are
committing sacrilege) (Gérald)...
