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bel canto

In music, an 18th-century Italian style of singing with emphasis on perfect technique and beautiful tone. The style reached its peak in the operas of Gioacchino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, and Vincenzo Bellini.



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It's been called belcanto, improvisational singing, and Sprachgesang, literally talking-song.
I am thinking of Rene Ricard's remarkable belcanto arias for Schnabel and Basquiat and Edit deAk's chansons d'amour for Clemente.
 
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