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4. the deepest of a female voice and the highest of the male voice
6. the use of everyday life and actions in artistic works: introduced into opera in the early 1900s in reaction to contemporary conventions, which were seen as artificial and untruthful.
10. the highest singing voice in women and boys.
13. pertaining to or of the nature of recital.
14. runs, trills, and other florid decorations in vocal music.
16. an orchestral composition forming the prelude or introduction to an opera, oratorio, etc.
18. an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet. Compare comic opera, grand opera.
19. shortened and detached when played or sung
21. a projecting or protruding part.
22. the performance of an individual or sometimes of a group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol.
23. a group of persons singing in unison
25. a male voice or voice part intermediate between tenor and bass.
26. the adult male voice intermediate between the bass and the alto or countertenor.
27. an elaborate melody sung solo with accompaniment, as in an opera or oratorio.

1. Also called storyline. the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story.
2. a musical instrument with 52 keys
3. low in pitch; of the lowest pitch or range: a bass voice; a bass instrument.
5. a voice or voice part intermediate in compass between soprano and contralto.
7. variation and gradation in the volume of musical sound.
8. smooth and connected; without breaks between the successive tones.
9. the praising of a female actor or singer
11. the text or words of an opera or similar extended musical composition.
12. a relatively short, independent instrumental composition, free in form and resembling an improvisation
15. a motif or theme associated throughout a music drama with a particular person, situation, or idea.
17. a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill;
20. a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
24. two people singing together
25. the praising of a male actor or singer