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Definition of Cavatina
1. n. Originally, a melody of simpler form than the aria; a song without a second part and a da capo; - - a term now variously and vaguely used.
Definition of Cavatina
1. Noun. (music) an operatic song in slow tempo, either complete in itself or (e.g., in Bellini and Verdi) followed by a faster, more resolute section: hence ¹
2. Noun. (music) a rather slow, song-like instrumental movement; the title, for example, of a movement in Beethoven's string quartet in B flat, op. 130 (1826) and of a once-famous piece (originally for violin and piano) by Raff, and of the slow movement of Rubra's string quartet No. 2 ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cavatina
1. a simple song [n -NAS or -NE]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cavatina
Literary usage of Cavatina
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Musical Form by Salomon Jadassohn (1892)
"The Song with different music to each verse, the Ballad, the Aria, Arietta,
Arioso, cavatina, Romanza, Scena and Aria, Chorus in Opera and Oratorio. ..."
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