arietta
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Etymology
Origin of arietta
1735–45; < Italian, equivalent to ari ( a ) aria + -etta -ette
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The slow movement, again, consists of an arietta of two eight-measure strains—the first in C major, the second in A minor.
From The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)
He was one day walking in his garden, when a flood of delicious, untutored notes burst on his ear, resolving itself finally into a brilliant arietta by Ga-luppi.
From Great Singers, First Series Faustina Bordoni To Henrietta Sontag by Ferris, George T. (George Titus)
Her arietta, 'When a lover is poor,' was quite neatly sung.
From Music and Some Highly Musical People by Trotter, James M.
This morning she was noticeably hoarse, and there was a break in the arietta.
From The Place of Honeymoons by Keller, Arthur Ignatius
The cry seemed to be an arietta, for through all these four maddening days she had voiced it,—now low and deadly with hate, now full-toned in burning anger, now broken by sobs of despair.
From The Place of Honeymoons by Keller, Arthur Ignatius
Short ariettas and ariosos keep “Serse,” a comic love story, moving along.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2022
Let us first sketch the career of Donizetti, the author of sixty-four operas, besides a mass of other music, such as cantatas, ariettas, duets, church music, etc., in the short space of twenty-six years.
From Great Italian and French Composers by Ferris, George T. (George Titus)
And she warbled a sprightly French ariette to a tame bullfinch that flew upon her hand.
From Marriage by Ferrier, Susan Edmonstone
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