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Definition of Ariosos
1. arioso [n] - See also: arioso
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ariosos
Literary usage of Ariosos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of German Literature edited by Friedrich Max Müller (1906)
"The recitatives expound the subject to us, the arias and ariosos are devoted to
natural description and pious sentiment. The poet describes the presence of ..."
2. The Evolution of the Art of Music by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1906)
"Purcell is often a pure embodiment of ill-regulated instinct for expression.
John Sebastian Bach's recitatives and ariosos are still stronger in ..."
3. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, George Grove (1880)
"This was followed by a series of recitatives, airs, ariosos, duets or other kinds
of solo music, and in thegreatest number of instances ended with a simple ..."
4. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1859)
"The masses move with rhythmical certainty, while the recitative and ariosos, in
a constant struggle with all the wind instruments, possess vigour and ..."
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