récit
Definition of the French term récit in music:
- swell division (set of organ pipes enclosed in a swell box)
- swell manual (keyboard controlling the swell division of an organ)
- abbreviation for "recitatif" (recitative)
- solo passage
- solo piece
- narrative, tale
Language
French
Singular
récit
Plural
récits
Abbreviation
Réc.
Combinations
French musical terms that include récit:
- fermez lentement la boîte du récit – close the swell box slowly
- grand-positif-récit – great, choir and swell organs to be coupled
- ouvrez boîte récit – open the swell box
- récit de cromorne – organ piece in which the solo voice is played on t...
- récit expressif – swell box (enclosure in an organ with pipes and sh...
- separez positif et récit – separate the choir manual and swell manual
- separez récit et positif – separate the swell manual and choir manual
Musical examples
Music scores that include récit:
- Alexandre Guilmant: Organ Sonata No. 1 (1874) Page 1
- Auguste Larriu: Offertoire in E major (1910) Page 1
- Camille Saint-Saëns: Oratorio de Noël (1858) Page 5
- Charles-Marie Widor: Organ Symphony No. 5 (1901) Page 1
- Edward Elgar: Organ Sonata (1895) Page 1
- Guy Ropartz: Introduction et Allegro Moderato (1917) Page 1
- Jehan Alain: 3 Danses (1938) Page 1
- Robert Schumann: 6 Fugues on B.A.C.H.: No. 6 (1845‑1848) Page 1
- Samuel Alexandre Rousseau: Fantaisie pour orgue (1894) Page 1