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Audio Help [ahr-ee-uh, air-ee-uh] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | an air or melody. |
| 2. | an elaborate melody sung solo with accompaniment, as in an opera or oratorio. |
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A·ri·a
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Audio Help [ahr-ee-uh, uh-rahy-uh] Pronunciation Key –noun Classical Mythology.
| a nymph, the mother of Miletus, by Apollo. |
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[Italian, from Latin āera, accusative of āēr, air, from Greek āēr; see wer-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
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aria
from It., lit. "air."
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| aria | |
noun | |
| an elaborate song for solo voice |
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aria [(ahr-ee-uh)]
A piece of music for one voice (or occasionally two voices) in an opera, oratorio, or cantata. In contrast with recitative singing, arias are melodious; in contrast with ordinary songs, arias are usually elaborate.
Note: Some composers, such as Richard Wagner, have felt that arias interrupt the action of opera too much and hence have written operas without them.
[Chapter:] Fine Arts
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Aria
A"ri*a\, n. [It., fr. L. a["e]r. See Air.] (Mus.) An air or song; a melody; a tune. Note: The Italian term is now mostly used for the more elaborate accompanied melodies sung by a single voice, in operas, oratorios, cantatas, anthems, etc., and not so much for simple airs or tunes.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
| ARIA advanced range instrumented aircraft |
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