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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) in which a singer is allowed to adopt the rhythms and delivery of ordinary speech. Recitative does not repeat lines as formally composed songs do.
The simplest kind of melody is the liturgical recitative. Recitative melodies are dominated by a single pitch, called the reciting tone. Other pitches appear in melodic formulae for incipits, partial cadences, and full cadences. These chants are primarily syllabic.
The 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 portion of the liturgical song performed by the choir (or by sections of it) was called concentus; thus hymns , psalms , mass ordinary , and alleluias were usually included under this term ...
Ambrosian chant – Monophonic liturgical music used in the liturgy of the Ambrosian Rite. Ballade – French poetic-musical form. Ballata – Medieval Italian poetry accompanied by music. Canso – Song of troubadour tradition. Cantiga – Monophonic song of Spanish or Portuguese origin, often about religious themes or courtly love.
The following is a list of church cantatas, sorted by the liturgical occasion for which they were composed and performed. The genre was particularly popular in 18th-century Lutheran Germany, although there are later examples. The liturgical calendar of the German Reformation era had, without counting Reformation Day and days between Palm Sunday ...
The work is a dramatic oratorio and is considered a much more humanistic portrayal of the Christ passion [4] than other settings, such as those by Bach.It concludes at the point of Jesus personally accepting his fate, placing the emphasis on his own decision rather than the later Crucifixion or Resurrection.
The oratorio's structure follows the liturgical year: Part I corresponding with Advent, Christmas, and the life of Jesus; Part II with Lent, Easter, the Ascension, and Pentecost; and Part III with the end of the church year—dealing with the end of time. The birth and death of Jesus are told in the words of the prophet Isaiah, the most ...
2 violins. viola. violetta. continuo. Herr Gott, dich loben wir (Lord God, we praise You), [1] BWV 16, is a church cantata for New Year's Day by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was first performed on 1 January 1726 in Leipzig, as part of the composer's third cantata cycle. Its libretto is by Georg Christian Lehms, opening with the beginning of "Herr ...