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recitative

Declamatory, speechlike style of singing used in opera and oratorio. It rises and falls according to the meaning of the text and follows the rhythms and inflections of natural speech. A form of sung narration, it is used to carry the plot of the work forward. It is usually sparingly accompanied by harpsichord or organ.



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As we proceeded on our way, bands of young girls, darting from the surrounding groves, hung upon our skirts, and accompanied us with shouts of merriment and delight, which almost drowned the deep notes of the recitative.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
Dorothea raised her eyes, brighter than usual with excited feeling, and said in her saddest recitative, "How I wish I had learned German when I was at Lausanne
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
Now, then,--the recitative, for the sake of the moral.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
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