Across
- 3. The branch of mechanics concerned with the motion of bodies under the action of forces.
- 5. Used to express approval when a performer or other person has done something well.
- 7. 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.
- 10. When you push something away from a central structure
- 11. Elaborate ornamentation of a vocal melody, especially in operatic singing by a soprano.
- 14. The text of an opera or other long vocal work.
- 16. An orchestral piece at the beginning of an opera, suite, play, oratorio, or other extended composition.
- 18. With each sound or note sharply detached or separated from the others.
- 19. A dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists.
- 20. Realism in the arts, especially late 19th-century Italian opera.
- 22. 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. The strings' vibration is stopped by dampers when the keys are released, and it can be regulated for length and volume by two or three pedals.
- 23. The lowest adult male singing voice.
- 25. in a smooth, flowing manner,
- 27. A voice, instrument, or part below the highest range and above tenor, in particular.
Down
- 1. a singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range.
- 2. A thing at which someone excels
- 4. A female singer with a voice pitched between soprano and contralto.
- 6. A group of instrumentalists, especially one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music.
- 8. Musical declamation of the kind usual in the narrative and dialogue parts of opera and oratorio, sung in the rhythm of ordinary speech with many words on the same note.
- 9. The performance by two people, especially singers, instrumentalists, or dancers.
- 11. A large organized group of singers, especially one that performs together with an orchestra or opera company.
- 12. A recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea, or situation.
- 13. An adult male singing voice between tenor and bass.
- 15. Feminine of bravo
- 17. Orchestrate or arrange (a piece of music), typically for a specified instrument or instruments.
- 21. The highest of the four standard singing voices.
- 24. The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
- 26. A long, accompanied song for a solo voice, typically one in an opera or oratorio.