Opera

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Across
  1. 3. short independent instrumental piece
  2. 6. musical composition of two voices
  3. 8. decorations in vocal voice
  4. 9. string instrument
  5. 11. introduction played by orchestra
  6. 12. shortened or detached when singing or played
  7. 15. the act of visualizing
  8. 16. an adult male voice
  9. 17. vibration and gradation in the volume of musical sound
  10. 19. singers singing in a union
  11. 20. musical instrument in which felt covered hammers strike the metal strings
  12. 24. type of male singing
  13. 26. main story of a dramatic work
  14. 27. praising a performer
Down
  1. 1. group of performers on various musical instruments
  2. 2. smooth and connected without breaks in between
  3. 4. recurring short melodic phrase
  4. 5. a voice in between soprano and contralto
  5. 7. express approval for women
  6. 10. the use of everyday actions in musical words
  7. 12. a written or printed piece of music
  8. 13. musical term meaning “high”
  9. 14. pertaining to the nature of a recital
  10. 18. highest singing voice in women and boys
  11. 21. expressive melody
  12. 22. text or words of an opera
  13. 23. musical term meaning “loud”
  14. 25. extended dramatic composition