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Recitative

Recitative (/ˌrɛsɪtəˈtiːv/, also known by its Italian name recitativo ([retʃitaˈtiːvo]), is a style of delivery (much used in operas, oratorios, and cantatas) in which a singer is allowed to adopt the rhythms and delivery of ordinary speech. Recitative does not repeat lines as formally composed songs or arias do. It resembles sung ordinary speech more…

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Origins

Secco

Accompagnato (or obbligato or stromentato)

Post-Wagner uses

Instrumental recitative

The tropes of recitative

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Recitative

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Edges115
Triples113
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017241
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related to Origins · 28
Recitative → Baroque, Carl Maria, Charles Gounod's Mireille, Eric Satie, Ernest Guiraud, Erycius Puteanus, Florentine Camerata, Francis Poulenc, Galilei, Galileo Galilei, Georges Bizet's Carmen, Girolamo Mei, Greeks, Hector Berlioz, Hucbald, In, La, Later, Luca Agolini, Mozart's
related to Instrumental recitative · 24
Recitative → Bach, Beethoven, Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto, Berlin, Esterhazy Palace, Finale, Frederick, French, Great's, Here, In, Joseph Haydn, Le Midi, Leon Plantinga, Ludwig, Ninth Symphony, One, Owen Jander, Piano Sonata No, Prussian
related to Secco · 17
Recitative → Claudio Monteverdi's, Florence, Florentine, For, Gaetano Donizetti, Giulio Caccini, Handel, In, Italy, Jacopo Peri, Later, Romantic, Secco, Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress, They, Vivaldi, When
related to Accompagnato (or obbligato or stromentato) · 11
Recitative → Accompanied, As, Comfort, Händel's Messiah, Joseph Haydn, Lord, Sometimes, The, This, Thus, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
related to The tropes of recitative · 11
Recitative → Also, Bach's, For, Haydn's Creation, In, Invariably, Occasionally, The, There, Trope, Usually
related to Post-Wagner uses · 10
Recitative → Carousel, It, Kurt Weill's The Threepenny, Later, Many, Of Thee, Opera, Richard Wagner, Sing, Wagner's
related to External links · 8
Recitative → Aindrias, Andy, Dán Díreach, Hirt, Lays, Liturgical Chant, Pre-Medieval Narrative Song Tradition, The Connection Between Fenian
see also · 3
Recitative → Melodrama, Recitatif, Toni Morrison's
is a · 1
Recitative → rigid musical form

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also used style secco opera harpsichord recitatives orchestra instrument accompanied instrumental recitativo singer operas music piano composed early one vocal

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Recitativeis arigid musical form0.90text
Recitativerelated to Accompagnato (or obbligato or stromentato)Accompanied0.60section
Recitativerelated to Accompagnato (or obbligato or stromentato)The0.60section
Recitativerelated to Accompagnato (or obbligato or stromentato)As0.60section
Recitativerelated to Accompagnato (or obbligato or stromentato)This0.60section
Recitativerelated to Accompagnato (or obbligato or stromentato)Thus0.60section
Recitativerelated to Accompagnato (or obbligato or stromentato)Lord0.60section
Recitativerelated to Accompagnato (or obbligato or stromentato)Händel's Messiah0.60section
Recitativerelated to Accompagnato (or obbligato or stromentato)Joseph Haydn0.60section
Recitativerelated to Accompagnato (or obbligato or stromentato)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart0.60section
Recitativerelated to Accompagnato (or obbligato or stromentato)Comfort0.60section
Recitativerelated to Accompagnato (or obbligato or stromentato)Sometimes0.60section

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