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- 8. to express approval when a performer or other person has done something well.
- 9. term used during applause to commend the performance of female performers on stage.
- 10. is the lower female or unbroken male voice, or male falsetto of similar range.
- 12. is used in vocal works, particularly opera and oratorio, usually for a solo voice, in relatively free rhythm
- 15. opera is a drama in which most of the actors sing all or most of their parts.
- 16. plan made in secret by a group of people to do something illegal or harmful
- 18. instrumental introduction to an individual act within a musical drama, whether opera or operetta; some composers use the words overture, prelude and entr'acte interchangeably.
- 19. group of musicians which accompany a staged presentation; in early operas (from 1600 to about 1750) the orchestra might consist of a few strings, pairs of oboes, bassoons, flutes, trumpets and continuo .
- 22. short musical passage, sometimes no more than three or four notes, which instantly calls to mind a character or situation in a musical drama; although Wagner may not have invented the device, he is certainly the best known user of it.
- 23. highest range of the female voice; the soprano voice ranges from lyric (a light, graceful quality) to dramatic (obviously fuller and heavier in tone).
- 24. musical score is written music that shows all parts. A conductor's score, for example, may have as many as thirty different simultaneous instrumental parts on one page, normally having the woodwind at the top, followed below by the brass, the percussion and the strings.
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- 1. type of singing or playing that is characterized by short, clipped, rapid articulation; the opposite of staccato is legato.
- 2. chorus is a group of singers.
- 3. (Italian: loud) is used in directions to performers. Legato-a smooth and gliding style of singing or playing; the opposite of Iegato is marcato (in a marked, punchy style) or even staccato (in an even shorter, more aggressive style).
- 4. (Italian: half) is found particularly in the compound words mezzo-forte, half loud, represented by the letters mf, and mezzo-piano, half soft, represented by the letters mp.
- 5. lowest male voice, frequently subdivided in several categories.
- 6. estimate or forecast of a future situation or trend based on a study of present ones.
- 7. instrumental introduction to a musical drama or oratorio; frequently the overture will incorporate musical themes that will later be heard in the course of the opera.
- 11. are the levels of sound, loud or soft, in a piece of music.
- 13. type of soprano, generally, but also the description of singing which pertains to great feats of agility--fast singing, high singing, trills, embellishments and so forth.
- 14. highest range of the female voice; the soprano voice ranges from lyric (a light, graceful quality) to dramatic (obviously fuller and heavier in tone).
- 17. musical composition for two performers.
- 20. highest natural male voice.
- 21. (Italian: soft) is generally represented by the letter p in directions to performers.
- 22. the text of an opera; the literal translation is "little book," which reminds us that in a Broadway show the texts of the songs are called the "lyrics" while the spoken text of the rest of the play is called the "book."