Recitative (/ˌrɛsɪtəˈtiːv/, also known by its Italian name recitativo ([retʃitaˈtiːvo]) is a style of delivery (much used in operas, oratorios, and cantatas)...

tenor Evangelist in secco recitative accompanied only by continuo. Soloists sing the words of various characters, also in recitative; in addition to Jesus...

Telemann. Noteworthy in the score are the number and quality of accompanied recitatives (a characteristic it shares with Il Pompeo), and the sheer variety of...

in mind." In the final form of the oratorio, the text is structured as recitative passages of the text of Genesis, often set to minimal accompaniment, interspersed...

reconstructions are attempted. However, since Bach's recitative is lost, most reconstructions use the recitatives composed for a Markus-Passion attributed to Reinhard...

Handel composed for London, focused overwhelmingly on solo arias and recitatives for the star singers and contained very little else; they did not feature...

used interchangeably, Sprechgesang is directly related to the operatic recitative manner of singing (in which pitches are sung, but the articulation is...

Lute, Lyrichord and other Instruments" HWV 294 for performance after the recitative Timotheus, plac'd on high in Part I; a concerto grosso in C major in 4...

choral movements at the beginning and end frame a sequence of alternating recitatives and arias. The opening movement is based on a verse from Psalm 139; the...

usually occurring in an opera or oratorio, falling somewhere between recitative and aria in style. Literally, arioso means airy. The term arose in the...

figured bass markings in the second movement). The cantata contains three recitative-aria pairings. A typical performance of the work takes about fifteen and...

style is also known as liturgical recitative, though it differs in some important ways from other types of recitative. In the medieval church, the whole...

couplets: "Quand une femme est si jolie" (When a woman is so pretty) (Gérald) Recitative: "Nous commettons un sacrilège" (We are committing sacrilege) (Gérald)...

Bach structured the cantata in five movements, alternating arias and recitatives. He scored the work for an alto soloist and a small ensemble of oboe...

comique. In traditional number opera, singers employ two styles of singing: recitative, a speech-inflected style, and self-contained arias. The 19th century...

recitative) Awful pleasing being, say (Alto aria) Joshua, I come commission'd (Tenor, Soprano recitative) Leader of Israel (Tenor, Soprano recitative)...

act, preceded by a recitative, "E Susanna non vien!" (Susanna's not come!). Alone on stage, the Countess regrets in the recitative that her husband, Count...

author supplied additional poetry for the inner movements as sequences of recitative and duet, based on the love poetry of the Song of Songs. Bach structured...

the Prophets) 8. Recitative & Chorus — Sie aber stürmten auf ihn ein; Steiniget ihn! (Then they ran upon him; Stone him!) 9. Recitative & Chorale — Und...

of the Four Evangelists of the Bible, translated by Martin Luther, in recitative secco. The part appears in the works St John Passion, St Matthew Passion...

betreten Recitative (Evangelist, Jesus): Und nahm zu sich Petrus und Jakobus und Johannes Chorale: Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit Recitative (Evangelist...

movements are simple oratorio forms such as recitative and aria, others explore hybrid combinations, such as recitative with choir, for dramatic effect. The...

general topic of redemption. The librettist wrote a series of alternating recitatives and arias, and included as the sixth movement (of eight) the third stanza...

terrenæ / Ah! non conturbate", recitative, aria, recitative "Alta gloria, cara vita! / Anhelo spe costante", aria, recitative "O auræ serenaæ / Ardeno suspiro...

instrumental overture of three movements (fast-slow-fast) and then a series of recitatives containing dialogue interspersed with arias expressing the emotions of...

transformed the themes of the inner stanzas into a sequence of alternating recitatives and arias. Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern is the last chorale cantata...

lebendig" Recitative: "Du hast gesiegt" Aria: "Soll ich vor dir, Herr" Duet: "So sind wir nun mit ihm begraben" Aria: "Geerbte Schuld" Recitative: "Nimm...

"Accompagnato" is a recitative accompanied by the orchestra, rather than by continuo instruments only, as in the passages marked "recitative".) Arrival of the...

with his wife Dorothy. The film's screenplay, which turned the operatic recitatives into spoken dialogue, was very closely based on the opera and was written...

Introduction: "Found a peanut!" 5. Recitative: "Ah, dear husband"     Aria: "Stay with me" 6. Recitative: "Suzanna" 7. Recitative: "Dog!"     Aria: "Perfidy,...