RECITATIVE
\ɹɪsˈɪtətˌɪv], \ɹɪsˈɪtətˌɪv], \ɹ_ɪ_s_ˈɪ_t_ə_t_ˌɪ_v]\
Definitions of RECITATIVE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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A species of musical recitation in which the words are delivered in a manner resembling that of ordinary declamation; also, a piece of music intended for such recitation; - opposed to melisma.
By Oddity Software
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A species of musical recitation in which the words are delivered in a manner resembling that of ordinary declamation; also, a piece of music intended for such recitation; - opposed to melisma.
By Noah Webster.
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A kind of singing that imitates the accents of speech; used in opera and oratorio; the music for a passage to be sung in such a manner.
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Not conforming to strict musical rhythm; sung with the accents of speech.
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Recitatively.
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Reciter.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Reciter.
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Pertaining to musical recitation: in the style of recitation.
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Language delivered in the sounds of the musical scale: a piece of music for recitation.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
