Entertainment / Music / Recitative: Solo vocal declamation that follows the inflections of the text, often resulting in a disjunct vocal style: found in opera, cantata, and oratorio.
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Entertainment / Music / Secco: Operatic recitative that features a sparse accompaniment and moves with great freedom. MORE
Entertainment / Music / Cantata: Vocal genre for solo singers, chorus and instrumentalists based on a lyric or dramatic poetic narrative. It generally consists of several movements including recitatives, arias and ensemble numbers. MORE
Entertainment / Music / Accompagnato: Accompanied: also a recitative that is accompanied by orchestra. MORE
Entertainment / Music / Stile Rappresentativo: A dramatic recitative style of the Baroque period in which melodies move freely over a foundation of simple chords. MORE