arietta

American  

[ar-ee-et-uh, ah-ree-et-tah] / ˌær iˈɛt ə, ˌɑ riˈɛt tɑ /

Also ariette

noun

Music.

plural

ariettas, ariette

1. a short aria.

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arietta British  

/ ariˈetta, ˌærɪˈɛt, ˌærɪˈɛtə /

noun

1. a short relatively uncomplicated aria

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Etymology

Origin of arietta

1735–45; < Italian, equivalent to ari ( a ) aria + -etta -ette

Example Sentences

Short ariettas and ariosos keep “Serse,” a comic love story, moving along.

From New York Times

The sonata's last movement begins as a set of variations on a bewitching arietta but gradually goes out of any expected structural, harmonic, tonal or melodic bounds.

From Los Angeles Times

Her arietta, 'When a lover is poor,' was quite neatly sung.

From Project Gutenberg

This morning she was noticeably hoarse, and there was a break in the arietta.

From Project Gutenberg

The slow movement, again, consists of an arietta of two eight-measure strains—the first in C major, the second in A minor.

From Project Gutenberg