Across
- 1. praising a female singer
- 4. the branch of the volume of a sound or note
- 5. a voice or voice part intermediate in compass between soprano and contralto
- 7. a group of instrumentalist
- 9. a recurring short melodic phrase or theme used
- 12. a soprano who has been specially trained to sing rapid passage
- 15. praising a performer
- 18. a song for a solo voice
- 19. the use of everyday life and actions in artistic work
- 22. something in which a person excels
- 23. what the conductor of the orchestra uses to lead an opera or musical
- 24. a production combining drama, vocal and orchestral music
- 26. a song for two voices
Down
- 1. an adult male singing voice between tenor and bass
- 2. the lowest singing voice of a young man
- 3. the text or word of opera or similar extended musical composition
- 6. a projecting or protruding part
- 8. music cut short
- 9. without breaks between the successive tones
- 10. apiece of orchestral music containing contrasting parts
- 11. a relatively short, independent composition
- 13. a speech like, declamatory vocal style
- 14. lowest voice for a male
- 16. a musical instrument with a manual keyboard
- 17. a group of people singing in unison
- 20. the highest singing voice of a women or a young boy
- 21. the lowest female voice
- 25. story behind the song