Recitativo A pigmy scraper wi' his fiddle, Wha us'd at trystes an' fairs to driddle.
The recitativo stromentato, or accompanied recitative, was only used to emphasise situations of special importance.
The recitativo secco was accompanied by the harpsichord, at which the composer himself presided.
Handel has found a musical language passing by imperceptible steps fromrecitativo secco, almost spoken, to recitativo accompagnato, then to the air.
I confess I do admire it: but in recitativo the sense much helps him, for there is but one proper way of discoursing and giving the accents.
The words I did not understand, and so know not how they are fitted, but believe very well, and all in the recitativo very fine.
Its length was left to the discretion of the artist, who was supposed to be familiar with the accepted style of delivery termed "recitativo parlante.
The dissolute Don chatters glibly in it with Zerlina, but when Donna Anna and Don Ottavio converse, it is in the recitativo stromentato.
In his "Otello" he abandoned the old recitativo secco and produced an opera with recitativo stromentato throughout.
While all other composers did not at once follow his lead, the superiority of operas containing only recitativo stromentato gradually became clear, and recitativo secco almost disappeared.
Recitativo secco is not used so much now as it was in the earlier days of opera, but short passages of it are found in many modern works, even those of Wagner, while in oratorio it is not at all infrequent.
Recitativo stromentato is recitative with an especially designed orchestral accompaniment instead of the simple chords of the secco style.
Alessandro Scarlatti was the first to make systematic use of that richer form of recitation known as recitativo stromentato.
The first of these was therecitativo secco, which means "dry recitative.
The extreme development of recitativo stromentato is to be found in Wagner's later dramas, in which entire scenes are made of it.
It was accompanied in the early works by the harpsichord generally, and it is the custom to this day in artistic opera houses to play the chords to the recitativo secco in "Don Giovanni" on the piano.
The most important of all these improvements was the abandonment of recitativo secco.
The Aria and Recitativo are the only original numbers of the libretto, and there is little doubt that Bach wrote them himself.
Recitativo Then niest outspak a raucle carlin, [next, rough beldam] Wha kent fu' weel to cleek the sterling.
He stalked out into the verandah, put his hands in his pockets, and resumed the Recitativo of Moses, sotto voce, in the garden.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "recitativo" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
