arioso
Americanadjective
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of arioso
Example Sentences
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But staying true to the original setting allows the piece to emerge as Gershwin conceived it: a full-fledged opera with long stretches of recitative and arioso, soaring arias and duets and complex choral ensembles.
From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2020
Recitative and arioso passages allow the singers to barrel through words at a tremendous clip.
From Washington Post • Jul. 12, 2015
The obbligato viole d’amore parts in the bass arioso “Betrachte, meine Seel’,” were ravishingly played.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2014
Her vocal lines are mostly routine arioso, while the ensemble writing is most effective when thinned to a single line – a teetering piano solo, perhaps, or a thrummed cello.
From The Guardian • May 25, 2010
The various melodies of which the whole is composed are the aria, with its subordinate species, the recitative or accompaniment, and the arioso, frequently also intermixed with choruses.”
From The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)
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