arioso
[ahr-ee-oh-soh, ar-; Italian ah-ryaw-saw]Music.
adjective, adverb
in the manner of an air or melody.
noun, plural a·rio·sos.
an arioso composition or section.
Origin of arioso
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Historical Examples of arioso
Then it degenerates somewhat into an arioso, almost Italian.
Contemporary American ComposersRupert Hughes
The oboe has a kind of arioso phrase with trilling of flutes and clarinets, answered in trumpets and harp.
Still more impressively is this mastery of expression shown in the arioso recitatives.
Music in the History of the Western ChurchEdward Dickinson
His forms are very free, and the recitative is almost wholly in the arioso style with full orchestral accompaniment.
How Music DevelopedW. J. Henderson
Arioso in the recitative indicates an interpolated passage of vocal melody.
Life Of Mozart, Vol. 1 (of 3)Otto Jahn
arioso
noun plural -sos or -si (-siː)
Word Origin for arioso
C18: from Italian, from aria
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