Across
- 3. one of the quietest sounds in music
- 4. Introduced into opera in the early 1900s in reaction to contemporary conventions
- 8. Smooth and connected
- 10. The uppermost part or voice
- 12. The story of an opera
- 13. Pertaining to or the nature of recital
- 15. Female voice, the range of which lies below that of the soprano
- 16. Runs, Trills, and other florid decorations in vocal music
- 20. Male voice, the range of which lies between that of the tenor and bass
- 22. The adult male voice intermediate between the bass and the alto or countertenor
- 23. A group of persons singing in unison
- 26. Shortened or detached when played or sung
- 28. A piece the precedes a more important movement
Down
- 1. The volume level of music
- 2. A voice or voice part intermediate in compass between soprano and contralto
- 5. The opposite of a band but with all string instruments
- 6. A recurring short melodic phrase or theme
- 7. Variation and gradation in the volume of musical sound
- 9. The praising of a male voice
- 11. Acting with a story in music while singing
- 14. A projecting or protruding
- 17. Any two part composition written for two performers
- 18. The text or words to an opera or similar extended musical composition
- 19. The praising of a female voice
- 21. An orchestral composition forming the prelude or introduction to an opera
- 24. The lowest range of the male voice
- 25. To orchestrate
- 27. Show piece for the singers vocal ability