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See also:CAVATINA (Ital. diminutive of cavata, the producing of See also:tone from an See also:instrument, plural cavatine) , originally a See also:short See also:song of See also:simple See also:character, without a second See also:strain or any repetition of the See also:air . It is now frequently applied to a simple melodious air, as distinguished from a brilliant See also:aria, recitative, &c., and often forms See also:part of a large See also:movement or scena in See also:oratorio or See also:opera . |
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