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recitativo

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rec⋅i⋅ta⋅ti⋅vo

  [res-i-tuh-tee-voh; It. re-chee-tah-tee-vaw]
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–noun, plural -vi  [Eng., It. -vee] , -vos. Music.
recitative 2 .
Origin:
1610–20; < It
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rec·i·ta·tive 2   (rěs'ĭ-tə-tēv' rěch'-)   
n.   In both senses also called recitativo.

  1. A style used in operas, oratorios, and cantatas in which the text is declaimed in the rhythm of natural speech with slight melodic variation and little orchestral accompaniment.

  2. A passage rendered in this style.


[Italian recitativo, from recitare, to recite, from Latin recitāre; see recite.]
re·ci·ta·ti·vo   (rěs'ĭ-tə-tē'vō, rě'chē-tä-)   
n.   pl. re·ci·ta·ti·vi (-vē) or re·ci·ta·ti·vos (-vōz)
See recitative2.

[Italian; see recitative2.]
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