Secco had an especial province of its own; all pictures, as distinguished from wall paintings, being executed in it.
In fresco painting no vehicle was used but water; in secco painting a tempera was used composed of white and yolk of egg.
In his writings the doctrine of the relation of macrocosm and microcosm is more veiled than with Bernard Sylvestris.
A secco recitative follows the overture; the music never rises above the dialogue, with its long, sermonising speeches and rhetorical bombastic reflections.
See Page Image] If this carefully and minutely elaborated recitative be compared with Gluck's simple secco recitative there can be no doubt that Mozart's is far superior, both in fertility of invention and marked characterisation.
Footnote 23: In the original score of "Figaro" the conclusion of the secco recitative is followed by the words, "Segue Recit.
We entered the Straits of Magellan on September 3 and reached Rio Seccoat 8 a.
It is possible that this Arbore-secco may have some reference to Arbela.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "secco" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
