Across
- 2. shortened and detached when played or sung: staccato notes.first movement of a suite, or a piece preceding a fugue.
- 3. shortened and detached when played or sung: Staccato notes.
- 7. a varied song for a solo voice, typically one in an opera or oratorio.
- 9. a style of vocal music intermediate between speaking and singing.
- 12. the uppermost part or voice.
- 13. how soft or loud music is played.
- 15. the highest singing voice in women and men.
- 18. elaborate ornamentation of a vocal melody, especially in operatic singing by a soprano.
- 20. in a smooth, flowing manner, without breaks between notes.
- 22. an orchestral piece at the beginning of an opera, suite, play, oratorio, or other extended composition.
- 24. the text of an opera or other long vocal work.
- 25. a large organized group of singers, especially one that performs together with an orchestra or opera company.
- 26. how loud the music is being played
- 28. used to express approval when a performer or other person has done something well.
Down
- 1. dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists.
- 4. a group of instrumentalists, especially one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music.
- 5. 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.
- 6. a projecting or protruding part.
- 8. a long, accompany adult male singing voice between tenor and bass.
- 10. 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.
- 11. is a soprano.
- 13. a performance by two people, especially singers, instrumentalists, or dancers.
- 14. a voice, instrument, or sound of the lowest range, in particular.
- 16. devise the sequence of events in (a play, novel, movie, or similar work).
- 17. a voice, instrument, or part below the highest range and above tenor, in particular.
- 19. a recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea, or situation.
- 21. feminine of bravo.
- 23. 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.
- 27. the adult male voice intermediate between the bass and the alto or countertenor.