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- 3. is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types
- 5. a singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range
- 8. is a device used on the neck of a stringed (typically fretted) instrument to shorten the playable length of the strings, hence raising the pitch. It is a common tool for players of guitars, mandolins, banjos, and ukuleles
- 12. is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical
- 13. is a type of music performed by one or more singers, either with instrumental accompaniment, or without instrumental accompaniment (a cappella), in which singing provides the main focus of the piece
- 14. a concluding piece of music, especially an organ piece played at the end of a religious service
- 15. musical declamation of the kind usual in the narrative and dialogue parts of opera and oratorio, sung in the rhythm of ordinary speech with many words on the same note
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- 1. was an Italian opera composer who has been called "the greatest composer of Italian opera after Verdi"
- 2. is often set at the beginning with piano introduction and concluded with a piano postlude
- 4. is a theatre building used for opera performances that consists of a stage, an orchestra pit, audience seating, and backstage facilities for costumes and set building
- 6. music is specifically group or solo singing without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way
- 7. an adult male singing voice between tenor and bass
- 9. the book that the composer and librettist put together
- 10. was originally any expressive melody, usually, but not always, performed by a singer
- 11. is a musician who is an author of music in any form, including vocal music (for a singer or choir), instrumental music, electronic music, and music which combines multiple forms