opera crossword puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. a short instrumental composition.
  2. 6. variation and graduation in the volume of musical sound
  3. 8. used in praising a performer.
  4. 10. a voice or voice part intermediate in compass.
  5. 12. The lowest pitch or range.
  6. 14. a melodic passage or phrase.
  7. 15. a group of performers on various musical instruments
  8. 16. A male voice or voice part intermediate between tenor and bass.
  9. 17. a performance of 1
  10. 19. an independent piece of similar character
  11. 21. the text or words of an opera or similar extended musical composition
  12. 24. the lowest female voice
  13. 26. an elaborate melody sung solo with accompaniment, as in an opera or oratorio.
  14. 27. a group of people that sing in unison.
Down
  1. 1. a scheme or plan.
  2. 2. a group of 2 singers or 2 instruments.
  3. 4. soft or subdued.
  4. 5. smooth and connected; without breaks between the successive tones.
  5. 7. something in which a person excels in.
  6. 9. A lyric soprano of high range who specializes in such music.
  7. 11. a passage in a musical composition.
  8. 13. the highest female singing voice.
  9. 18. shortened or detached when played or sung.
  10. 20. a school of composition that originated in Italian opera.
  11. 22. a singer with such a voice.
  12. 23. to plan secretly.
  13. 25. used to express performance of a women
  14. 28. a notch, scratch.