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Noun Concept
Categories: Vocal music, Song forms, Formal sections in music analysis, Opera terminology
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recitative  Accompagnando  accompagnato  orchestral recitative  parlando
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A vocal passage of narrative text that a singer delivers with natural rhythms of speech WordNet 3.0
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A vocal passage of narrative text that a singer delivers with natural rhythms of speech WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Recitative is a style of delivery in which a singer is allowed to adopt the rhythms and delivery of ordinary speech. Wikipedia
Musical form in opera, cantata, mass or oratorio Wikidata
Dialogue, in an opera etc, that, rather than being sung as an aria, is reproduced with the rhythms of normal speech, often with simple musical accompaniment or harpsichord continuo, serving to expound the plot. Wiktionary
Dialogue in an opera etc. Wiktionary (translation)