Across
- 1. A large keyboard musical instrument with a wooden case enclosing a soundboard and metal strings which are struck by hammers when the keys are depressed
- 2. A singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor the highest of the ordinary adult male range
- 4. The main events of a play novel movie or similar work devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence
- 6. realism in the arts especially late 19th-century Italian opera
- 7. The text of an opera or other long vocal work
- 10. A female singer with a voice pitched between soprano and contralto
- 11. A type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types
- 12. Used to express approval when a performer or other person has done something well
- 13. Elaborate ornamentation of a vocal melody especially in operatic singing by a soprano
- 16. A written form of a musical composition parts for different instruments appear
- 17. A mark by short clear-cut playing or singing of tones or chords
- 19. A long accompanied song for a solo voice typically one in an opera or oratorio
- 20. In a smooth flowing manner without breaks between notes
- 21. Refers to the volume of a sound or note but can also refer to every aspect of the execution of a given piece either stylistic or functional
- 22. A dramatic work in one or more acts set to music for singers and instrumentalists
- 24. A recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition associated with a particular person idea or situation
Down
- 1. An introductory piece of music most commonly an orchestral opening to an act of an opera the first movement of a suite or a piece preceding a fugue
- 3. is the strength of speaking or singing whereby the voice is used loudly and clearly
- 4. Is the strength of speaking or singing whereby the voice is used loudly and clearly
- 5. A group of instrumentalists especially one combining string woodwind brass and percussion sections and playing classical music
- 8. The feminine of bravo
- 9. A large organized group of singers especially one that performs together with an orchestra or opera company
- 12. A voice instrument or sound of the lowest range in particular
- 14. An introduction to something more substantial
- 15. A style used in operas oratorios and cantatas in which the text is declaimed in the rhythm of natural speech with slight melodic variation and little orchestral accompaniment
- 18. An adult male singing voice between tenor and bass
- 21. A performance by two people especially singers instrumentalists or dancers
- 23. A thing at which someone excels