| 单词 | recitative |
| 释义 | recitative (once / 7164 pages) n Recitative is a kind of music with rhythms that sound like regular speaking. You'll usually hear recitative in opera. Most classical operas are a mix of arias (melodic, expressive songs) and recitatives, which are meant to move the plot along or fill in information in the story. While the arias are the most beautiful parts of an opera, recitatives are much less memorable. The word comes from the Italian recitativo, and goes back to the Latin recitare, "read aloud." WORD FAMILYrecitative: recitatives USAGE EXAMPLESJokes about tenors or recitatives, for instance, playfully turn the spotlight on the conventions of the genre. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Bach’s music for this recitative is queasily unstable, with dominant-seventh and diminished-seventh chords preventing the music from settling in one key area. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) Despite periodic attempts at reform, a recitative of outrage about Angola sounds through the decades, in magazines, books and newspapers. The Guardian(Oct 23, 2016) n a vocal passage of narrative text that a singer delivers with natural rhythms of speech Hypo|Hyper arioso (music) a short recitative that is melodic but is not an aria musical passage, passage a short section of a musical composition |
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