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  2. Cadenza - Wikipedia

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    The cadenza was originally, and remains, a vocal flourish improvised by a performer to elaborate a cadence in an aria. It was later used in instrumental music, and soon became a standard part of the concerto.

  3. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    The concluding, rapid, audience-rousing section of an aria cadence A melodic or harmonic configuration that creates a sense of resolution cadenza A solo section, usually in a concerto or similar work, that is used to display the performer's technique, sometimes at considerable length calando

  4. Coloratura - Wikipedia

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    The aria Every valley shall be exalted from Handel's Messiah is an example of a coloratura piece for tenor. Each singer of a major role in Rossini's operas must have a secure coloratura technique. [citation needed] Osmin, a character in Mozart's The Abduction from the Seraglio, is a coloratura role for a basso.

  5. Aria - Wikipedia

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    The farewell aria of Sultan Bazajet in Handel's opera Tamerlano (note the da capo instruction). First edition, London, 1719. In music, an aria (Italian:; pl.: arie, Italian:; arias in common usage; diminutive form: arietta, Italian:; pl.: ariette; in English simply air) is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrumental or orchestral accompaniment, normally part of a larger ...

  6. Antonio Cotogni - Wikipedia

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    This same audience fell silent during Antonio's opening aria "Ambo nati in queste valle" and gave him a unanimous, colossal applause after the cadenza, demanding a bis. [2]: 27–28 That performance assured his place on the scene and revealed him to be an absolute master of his art—technically, stylistically, and dramatically. Consequently ...

  7. Outline of opera - Wikipedia

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    Aria di sorbetto – Short solo by a secondary character; Arioso – Vocal solo between recitative and aria in style; Cabaletta – Two-part musical form favored for arias; Cantabile – Musical term meaning "songlike" Catalogue aria – Opera aria in which the singer recounts a list of information; Da capo aria – Baroque musical form

  8. Catalogue aria - Wikipedia

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    A catalogue aria is a genre of opera aria in which the singer recounts a list of information (people, places, food, dance steps, etc.) that was popular in Italian comic opera in the latter half of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

  9. List of compositions by Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji - Wikipedia

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    The following list includes all the known compositions of Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji sorted by instrumentation. Within the individual sections, the pieces are arranged by genre and chronologically.