fioritura

[ fee-awr-i-toor-uh, -ohr-; Italian fyaw-ree-too-rah ]

noun,plural fio·ri·tu·re [fee-awr-i-toor-ey, -ohr-; Italian fyaw-ree-too-re]. /fiˌɔr ɪˈtʊər eɪ, -ˌoʊr-; Italian ˌfyɔ riˈtu rɛ/. Music.
  1. the ornamentation of a melody, often extemporized by the performer, as in Italian opera during the 18th century.

Origin of fioritura

1
1835–45; <Italian, equivalent to fiorit(o) flowery, originally past participle of fiorire to flower + -ura-ure

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How to use fioritura in a sentence

  • The notes were flung far and wide from his powerful chest, embellished with fioriture ancient as the art of ploughing itself.

    Autumn Glory | Ren Bazin
  • After that came more complicated technical drills to prepare the pupil for the fioriture work demanded in the more florid operas.

  • His music is so overladen with fioriture that often its very considerable value is obscured.

  • Even more important was the change which he introduced into the manner of singing fioriture or florid music.

    The Opera | R.A. Streatfeild
  • The viola has the melody, in the form of the Italian aria, embellished with prima donna fioriture.

    Nicolo Paganini: His Life and Work | Stephen Samuel Stratton

British Dictionary definitions for fioritura

fioritura

/ (ˌfjɔːrɪˈtʊərə, ˌfiːərɪ-) /


nounplural -ture (-ˈtʊəreɪ)
  1. music embellishment, esp ornamentation added by the performer

Origin of fioritura

1
Italian: a blossoming

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