fioritura

American  

[fee-awr-i-toor-uh, -ohr-, fyaw-ree-too-rah] / fiˌɔr ɪˈtʊər ə, -ˌoʊr-, ˌfyɔ riˈtu rɑ /

noun

Music.

plural

fioriture

1. the ornamentation of a melody, often extemporized by the performer, as in Italian opera during the 18th century.

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fioritura British  

/ ˌfiːərɪ-, ˌfjɔːrɪˈtʊərə /

noun

1. music embellishment, esp ornamentation added by the performer

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Etymology

Origin of fioritura

1835–45; < Italian, equivalent to fiorit ( o ) flowery, originally past participle of fiorire to flower + -ura -ure

Example Sentences

In reviewing Ms. Zeani’s performance in The New York Times, Harold C. Schonberg suggested that she would have been better suited for the latter-day “Otello”: “Much more a Verdi than a Rossini singer, she had some trouble with the fioritura, simplified as it was, but of her basic vocal endowments there can be no doubt.”

From New York Times

Normally there would be 10,000 visitors a day to photograph the splendours of the Fioritura, we were told.

From BBC

The red zone marks areas still regarded as too dangerous to visit but an exception was made for people to see "La Fioritura".

From BBC

His tone is very sonorous, his touch singing, and he commands the entire range of nuance from the rippling fioritura of the Chopin barcarolle to the cannon-like thunderings of the A-flat polonaise.

From Project Gutenberg

Valentine's prayer, if given, was so overlaid with fioritura that I did not feel sure of it.

From Project Gutenberg