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cavatina
[ kav-uh-tee-nuh; Italian kah-vah-tee-nah ]
noun
, Music.
, plural cav·a·ti·ne [kav-, uh, -, tee, -ney, kah-vah-, tee, -ne].
- a simple song or melody, properly one without a second part or a repeat; an air.
cavatina
/ ˌkævəˈtiːnə /
noun
- a solo song resembling a simple aria
- an instrumental composition reminiscent of this
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cavatina1
C19: from Italian
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Example Sentences
Schuppanzighs high opinion of the Cavatina was shared by many and also by Beethoven himself.
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A drama was to be produced in which a very difficult cavatina was introduced.
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Palestrina's music resembles the music of Rossini, as the song of the sparrow is like the cavatina of the nightingale.
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A more beautiful rendering of the lovely cavatina "Casta Diva" could not have been heard, Mdme.
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The chord which closed his cavatina had sealed his fame in opera; but his fame was to him as ashes in his mouth.
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