cavatina
cavatina (It.).
1. Operatic solo aria in regular form and in one section instead of the classical aria's 3, without repetition of words or phrases, e.g. Porgi amor from Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro. Also used of song-like air incl. in a long scena. In 19th cent. opera term was applied to elaborate virtuoso aria, e.g. Rosina's Una voce poco fà in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia.
2. Song-like instr. piece, e.g. Raff's Cavatina and the Cavatina movement of Beethoven's Str. Qt. in B♭, Op.130. 3rd movement of Vaughan Williams's 8th Sym. (1955) is a cavatina for str.
1. Operatic solo aria in regular form and in one section instead of the classical aria's 3, without repetition of words or phrases, e.g. Porgi amor from Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro. Also used of song-like air incl. in a long scena. In 19th cent. opera term was applied to elaborate virtuoso aria, e.g. Rosina's Una voce poco fà in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia.
2. Song-like instr. piece, e.g. Raff's Cavatina and the Cavatina movement of Beethoven's Str. Qt. in B♭, Op.130. 3rd movement of Vaughan Williams's 8th Sym. (1955) is a cavatina for str.
More From encyclopedia.com
Hygroscopic Nucleus , hygroscopic nucleus Microscopic particle (e.g. of sulphur dioxide, salt, dust, or smoke) in the free air, on which water vapour may condense to form… Alum , alum (ăl´əm), any one of a series of isomorphous double salts that are hydrated sulfates of a univalent cation (e.g., potassium, sodium, ammonium, ce… Hepatomegaly , hepatomegaly Enlargement of the liver as a result of congestion (e.g. in heart failure), inflammation or fatty infiltration (as in kwashiorkor).
hepa… Silicate , silicate
silicates The most important and abundant group of rock-forming minerals, which can be classified according to the structural arrangement of… -ism , -ISM
-ISM. A noun-forming SUFFIX, three of whose uses relate to language: (1) Forming words for concepts, activities, and conditions: agrammatism, bi… Psilophytales , Skip to main content
Psilophytales
Psilophytales (psilophytes) Primitive pteridophytes, which were the earliest vascular plants, from the Silurian an…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
cavatina