For the piece of music known as "Cavatina" or "Theme from The Deer Hunter", see Cavatina (Myers).
Cavatina is a musical term, originally meaning a short song of simple character, without a second strain or any repetition of the air. It is now frequently applied to any simple, melodious air, as distinguished from brilliant arias or recitatives, many of which are part of a larger movement or scena in oratorio or opera.[1]
Title page of the cavatina composed by F. Lancelott (1840)
a musical form appearing in operas and occasionally in cantatas and instrumental music....In opera the cavatina is an aria, generally of brilliant character, sung in one or two sections without repeats. It developed in the mid-18th century, coincident with the decline of the previously favoured da capo aria (in which the musical form is ABA, with the repeated A section given improvised variations). Examples occur in the operas of Mozart, Weber, and Rossini. In 19th-century bel canto operas of Bellini, Donizetti, and Verdi the term came to refer to a principal singer’s opening aria, whether in one movement or paired with a contrasting cabaletta.[3]
Derivation
In Italian, the word is the diminutive of cavata, the producing of tone from a musical instrument. The Italian plural is cavatine.[3] In French it is the cavatine and in German Kavatine.[4]
References
^One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cavatina". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 573.
cavatina, piece, music, known, theme, from, deer, hunter, myers, musical, term, originally, meaning, short, song, simple, character, without, second, strain, repetition, frequently, applied, simple, melodious, distinguished, from, brilliant, arias, recitatives. For the piece of music known as Cavatina or Theme from The Deer Hunter see Cavatina Myers Cavatina is a musical term originally meaning a short song of simple character without a second strain or any repetition of the air It is now frequently applied to any simple melodious air as distinguished from brilliant arias or recitatives many of which are part of a larger movement or scena in oratorio or opera 1 Title page of the cavatina composed by F Lancelott 1840 One famous piece that bears the name although without words is the 5th movement of Beethoven s String Quartet in B flat major Opus 130 2 Ecco ridente in cielo from Gioachino Rossini s opera The Barber of Seville Porgi amor and Se vuol ballare from Mozart s The Marriage of Figaro are also well known cavatinas Ralph Vaughan Williams gave the title of Cavatina to the 3rd movement of his Symphony no 8 In opera the term has been described as a musical form appearing in operas and occasionally in cantatas and instrumental music In opera the cavatina is an aria generally of brilliant character sung in one or two sections without repeats It developed in the mid 18th century coincident with the decline of the previously favoured da capo aria in which the musical form is ABA with the repeated A section given improvised variations Examples occur in the operas of Mozart Weber and Rossini In 19th century bel canto operas of Bellini Donizetti and Verdi the term came to refer to a principal singer s opening aria whether in one movement or paired with a contrasting cabaletta 3 Derivation EditIn Italian the word is the diminutive of cavata the producing of tone from a musical instrument The Italian plural is cavatine 3 In French it is the cavatine and in German Kavatine 4 References Edit One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Cavatina Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 5 11th ed Cambridge University Press p 573 Grove George ed 1900 Cavatina A Dictionary of Music and Musicians vol 1 p 328 MacMillan a b Encyclopaedia Britannica onlineat britannica com Cavatina Grove Music Online 8th ed Oxford University Press 2001 ISBN 978 1 56159 263 0 Portal Opera This article about an opera or opera related subject is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cavatina amp oldid 1086048521, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
